Article: UPS orders eight Boeing 747-400 freighters.

M2 PRESSWIRE-18 August 2005-UPS: UPS orders eight Boeing 747-400 freighters(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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LOUISVILLE - As part of its on-going effort to accommodate strong international volume growth, UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced a firm order for eight new Boeing 747-400 freighters from Boeing Co.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Deliveries of the 747-400's will begin in June 2007 and run through 2008. UPS has selected General Electric to provide engines for the new aircraft.

"These Boeing 747-400 freighters will allow UPS to smoothly increase capacity on its most important international trunk' routes connecting Asia, Europe and ...

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