UPS Applauds Tentative U.S.-Mexico Aviation Agreement
UPS Inc. said it supports a tentative agreement reached by the United States and Mexico that would provide greater air network opportunities by allowing express carriers to serve the Mexican and Latin American markets.
“This new U.S.-Mexico aviation agreement will improve the optimization and connectivity of our intermodal network in the region,” said Mitch Nichols, UPS’s senior vice president for transportation and engineering.
“UPS continues to experience strong growth in Mexico, and the all-cargo 5th freedom rights in this tentative agreement will help ensure we can provide our customers, large and small, reliable and efficient global distribution solutions,” he said in a statement.
UPS established its presence in Mexico in 1989. It employs more than 2,000 workers and operates a delivery fleet of more than 520 vehicles in that country.
UPS operates in about 60 Mexican airports with international service supporting a Mexican domestic network that includes small package, freight and health-care facilities, and also retail centers designed to serve small- and medium-size shippers.
UPS ranks No. 1 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.
