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| Founded | 1988 (successor to UPS air cargo that began in 1929) | ||||||
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| AOC # | IPXA097B[1] | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 296 owned 210 leased or chartered | ||||||
| Destinations | 815 (400 domestic, 415 international) | ||||||
| Parent company | United Parcel Service Inc | ||||||
| Headquarters | Louisville, Kentucky, US | ||||||
| Key people | Jim Joseph (President)[3] | ||||||
| Employees | 26,328[7] | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
UPS Airlines is a major American cargo airline based in Louisville, Kentucky, US.[8] One of the largest cargo airlines worldwide in terms of freight volume flown, UPS Airlines flies to 815 destinations worldwide.[9] It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of United Parcel Service since its launch in 1988.
In line with passenger airlines, UPS Airlines operates under the hub-and-spoke model. The airline's primary hub in the United States is at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, where it built a 5,200,000 square foot facility known as UPS Worldport.[10] In addition to Worldport, UPS has several secondary hubs across the United States and international hubs in Canada, China, England, Germany, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.
The pilots of UPS Airlines are represented by the Independent Pilots Association.
- ^ "Federal Aviation Administration - Airline Certificate Information - Detail View". av-info.faa.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ "UPS Expands in Asia With Hub at Clark Airport in the Philippines". finance.yahoo.com. Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ a b "UPS Air Operations Facts - UPS Pressroom". Pressroom.ups.com. 2008-12-15. Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- ^ "Welcome to UPS Malaysia". ups.com.
- ^ "UPS and Shanghai Announce First-Ever U.S. Air Hub in China". 2007-04-12.
- ^ "UPS launches Shenzhen flights". Ups.com. February 8, 2010. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
- ^ "fact sheets" (PDF).
- ^ "Special Delivery: UPS Moving Ancient Terra Cotta Army." United Parcel Service. May 5, 2008. Retrieved on June 19, 2010. "UPS air operations are headquartered in Louisville, Ky.,"
- ^ "UPS Fact Sheet". UPS Pressroom. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
- ^ "Inside Louisville's UPS Worldport". AeroSavvy. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2021-03-14.