FedEx Corp has reached a tentative agreement with pilots of its air delivery unit who had voted in favour of a strike earlier this month seeking higher pay, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Air Line Pilots Association had voted "overwhelmingly" in favor of a strike if needed, when it had entered the final stages of a contract negotiation with the company.

(Reporting by Bharat Govind Gautam in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)