United Parcel Service

:This article is about the delivery service; for other uses, see UPS (disambiguation).

UPS Airlines

(as of August 2005)

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• 46 Airbus A300F4
• 7 Boeing 747-100
• 6 Boeing 747-200
• 75 Boeing 757-200
• 32 Boeing 767-300
• 20 MD-11
• 8 B-727-100

UPS Airlines has ordered ten Airbus A380 freighters and has options on ten more. As part of the deal it is reducing an existing commitment for ninety Airbus A300 freighters to fifty three, forty six of which are already in service http://www.pressroom.ups.com/pressreleases/current/0,1088,4503,00.html. UPS Airlines will receive the A380 aircraft between 2009 and 2012 (ref: Airliner World, March 2005). UPS has also ordered eight Boeing 747-400 freighters to increase capacity on its major "trunk" routes to Europe, Asia, and North America. These are expected to be delivered in June 2007 and go on through 2008 (UPS press release, 17 August 2005).

Related Topics:
Airbus A380 - 2009 - 2012 - 17 August - 2005

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