UPS orders fleet of 747s, dashing carrier hopes of more e-commerce contracts

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Carrier hopes of picking up e-commerce volumes from integrators have been dashed by news that UPS has ordered 14 747-8F aircraft, with options for another 14.

Several carriers indicated to The Loadstar at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Paris today that they carry e-commerce volumes for express airlines and hoped to pick up more traffic as they run out of capacity.

UPS said yesterday it would use the aircraft on major routes between Asia and the US, and Asia and Europe, when ...