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During 2008 and 2009, the 747-100 and 747-200 aircraft were retired, replaced by the 747-400s and MD-11Fs. In 2009, UPS Airlines retired its entire fleet of DC-8 aircraft; at the time, its 44 aircraft represented nearly half of the active DC-8 fleet flying worldwide.
UPS Airlines Flight 6 was a scheduled international cargo flight operated by UPS.On September 3, 2010, the Boeing 747-400F flying the route between Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Cologne, Germany, developed an in-flight fire, which caused the aircraft to crash, killing both crew members, the only people on board.
As of February 2025, there were 426 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service, comprising 1 747-100, 2 747SPs, 16 747-200s, 1 747-300, 256 747-400s, and 150 747-8s. These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.
The airline was established by Delford M. Smith (founder and owner) and began operations in 1960 as Evergreen Helicopters.It acquired the operating certificate of Johnson Flying Service and merged it with Intermountain Airlines (a known CIA front) from Pacific Corporation (also a CIA front) in 1975 to form Evergreen International Airlines, a United States supplemental air carrier (i.e. charter ...
A Boeing 767-34AF/ER aircraft (N358UP) of United Parcel Service (UPS) at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport UPS Boeing 747-400BCF landing at Hong Kong International Airport in 2014 The fourth-largest cargo airline worldwide, UPS Airlines flies to over 800 destinations worldwide (the most of any airline, cargo or passenger).
The consensus rating for UPS is a Buy based on 7 Buys, 2 Holds, and 1 Sell. The average analyst price target on the stock stands at $187.20, implying 9.4% upside potential to current levels.
A $220 million airport hangar is coming to UPS in Louisville to expand production at UPS Worldport, the largest sorting, logistics facility in America. $220M UPS aircraft hangar, Aviation Training ...
They transplanted the existing sprayer tank system from the 747-100 into the newer Boeing 747-400 (N744ST) airframe. [1] [34] [35] In 2021, Global SuperTanker Services began facing financial difficulties, and in April 2021, the company shut down. They sold the Supertanker to National Airlines to be converted into a cargo aircraft. [36] [37] [38]