UPS Airlines is a major American cargo airline based in Louisville, Kentucky. One of the largest cargo airlines worldwide in terms of freight volume flown, UPS Airlines flies to 815 destinations world
A UPS Airlines Boeing 747-8F
A Boeing 727-100F taxiing in Louisville, Kentucky
A Douglas DC-8-73F landing at Louisville, Kentucky
A Boeing 747-100F in Tokyo Narita
FedEx Express is an American cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. As of 2023, it was the world's largest cargo airline in terms of fleet size and freight tons flown. It is the nam
UPS Airlines
…Germany a year later. As UPS had become an international company, access to its own cargo aircraft had become a more apparent issue. In 1976, competitor Federal Express (which owned its own fleet of jet aircraft) had turned a profit, showcasing that package delivery companies did not have to exclusively rely on commercial…
A Boeing 767-300F of FedEx Express
A Federal Express Boeing 727-100F, with several other 727s in the background. The Boeing 727s remained the backbone of the fleet until the mid-2000s.
First FedEx Express aircraft, a Dassault Falcon 20 named Wendy, on display at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 at Tokyo–Narita in 1995