Getting connected
Connecting this global infrastructure of more than 1,700 facilities worldwide and over 38,000 employees outside the United States is UPS Airlines. Currently operating the 11th largest airline in the world with 622 company-owned and chartered aircraft, UPS at any time, on any given day, is in the air on its way to destinations around the world.

UPS Airlines continued its growth in 2000, taking delivery of its first seven Airbus A300-600 jets. UPS also expanded its order for another 83 of these regional freighters over the next nine years. With the order for 13 pre-owned Boeing MD-11 aircraft over the next four years, UPS also addressed its need for additional long-range jet freighters.

UPS connects with more customers every day through its advances in e-commerce. 85 percent of UPS package volume was processed using a UPS or UPS-compatible shipping system in 2000, an increase of 11 percent over 1999. Online tracking requests increased 182 percent in 2000 to over 3.2 million each day.