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Article: UPS orders eight Boeing 747-400 freighters.
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- August 18, 2005
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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 August 2005-UPS: UPS orders eight Boeing 747-400 freighters(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
RDATE:17082005
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 ...