New Non-Stop Flight Speeds Shipments From U.S. To The Middle East
February 05 2018 - 9:00AM
- Recently deployed Boeing 747-8F improves time-in-transit by one
day to key destinations in Middle East, a gateway to Africa &
the Indian subcontinent
- Announcement follows news of UPS’s role as official logistics
provider for Expo 2020 Dubai
- New flight enables greater capacity on current Europe to Middle
East lane
UPS (NYSE:UPS) is launching a daily non-stop flight from its
Worldport® global air hub in Louisville, KY., to Dubai, UAE,
improving time-in-transit from North and South America to key
destinations in the Middle East by a full business day. The flight,
operated with one of UPS’s new 747-8F freighters, is part of the
build out of UPS’s smart global logistics network and takes place
as the company plans for its role as official logistics provider
for Expo 2020 Dubai.
“The UAE trades with all 50 U.S. states and has grown to become
the U.S.’s largest export destination in the Middle East. Dubai’s
importance as a global trade hub increases every day – and we’re
now getting there a day faster from North and South America with
our small package express carrier and cargo offerings,” said Jim
Barber, President, UPS International. “Growth potential is great
for companies accessing the UAE and other rapidly developing
industrial and commercial sectors in the region. Our new flight is
another example of how UPS’s smart global logistics network, which
carries three percent of the world’s GDP every day, constantly
evolves to service increasing international trade demands.”
At approximately 7,700 miles (12,400 km), the route is the
longest regularly-scheduled flight UPS has ever operated, and is
made possible by the new 747-8s, which offer greater payload over
long range. The new flight is currently operating on a weekly basis
and will become a daily flight on February 27th, operating Tuesday
through Saturday. The new flight is part of plans to expand UPS’s
presence in Dubai, the headquarters of UPS’s Indian Subcontinent
Middle East & Africa (ISMEA) region, by establishing capacity,
technology and staff capabilities to serve customers shipping to
and through Dubai in the buildup to Expo 2020 and beyond. UPS has
been operating in the region since 1989.
“Our customers are demanding more capacity, and we’re providing
it with this non-stop connection to Dubai,” said UPS Airlines
President, Brendan Canavan. “UPS has made a strategic investment in
747-8 jumbo jets, the largest aircraft we have ever flown, to offer
sustainable lift on long-range international routes like this.”
The Louisville-Dubai flight leg is part of an “around-the-world”
flight route that begins and ends at UPS Worldport in Louisville,
KY. For the volume from North and South America that passes
through Worldport, there is a full day time-in-transit improvement
to Dubai. After arriving in Dubai, new package and freight volume
is loaded onboard the aircraft before it departs for Shenzhen,
China, home to UPS’ largest facility in Asia. U.S.-bound volume is
then loaded in Shenzhen and the aircraft returns to Worldport via
Anchorage, AK. With the addition of this new flight, the volume
capacity on UPS’s current Cologne to Dubai flight increases to
better serve the needs of customers connecting Europe to the Indian
Subcontinent, Middle East and Africa.
About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a
broad range of solutions including transporting packages and
freight; facilitating international trade, and deploying advanced
technology to more efficiently manage the world of business.
Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and
territories worldwide. The company can be found on the web
at ups.com or
pressroom.ups.com and its corporate blog can be
found at longitudes.ups.com. To get UPS news
direct, follow @UPS_News on Twitter.
Gregg Svingen
+32 476 490 603
gsvingen@ups.com
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