Cargo airline based in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
UPS Airlines
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
5X
UPS
UPS
Founded
1988
AOC #
IPXA097B[1]
Hubs
Worldport
Louisville
Asia/Pacific
Clark (Proposed)
Hong Kong[2]
Kuala Lumpur–International[3]
Shanghai–Pudong[4]
Shenzhen[5]
Canada
Hamilton (ON)
Europe
Cologne/Bonn
East Midlands (England)
United States
Anchorage
Columbia (SC)
Chicago–Rockford
Dallas/Fort Worth
Miami
Ontario (CA)
Philadelphia
Fleet size
284
Destinations
815 (400 domestic, 415 international)
Parent company
United Parcel Service Inc
Headquarters
Louisville, Kentucky
Key people
Jim Joseph (President)[2]
Employees
26,328[6]
Website
ups.com
UPS Airlines is a major American cargo airline based in Louisville, Kentucky.[7] One of the largest cargo airlines worldwide (in terms of freight volume flown), UPS Airlines flies to 815 destinations worldwide.[8] 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 International Airport, where it built a 5,200,000 square foot facility known as UPS Worldport.[9] In addition to Worldport, UPS has several secondary hubs across the United States and international hubs in Germany, China, and Hong Kong.
The pilots of UPS Airlines are represented by the Independent Pilots Association.
^ ab"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.
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