UPS Plans Five New Air Freight Hubs
PS Inc. said Tuesday it would build five regional U.S. air hubs to expand its air freight business.
The company said it would spend about $24 million to build and equip the hubs, each of which will be constructed solely to handle freight.
The regional facilities, which UPS said would be completed next year, will support the company’s main air freight hub to be constructed in Louisville, Ky., home to the company's main all-points air hub.
The new facilities will be constructed in Ontario, Calif.; Rockford, Ill.; Dallas; Philadelphia and Columbia, S.C. Those airports already serve as regional hubs for UPS’s separate small package network, with UPS jets are flying in and out daily, the company said.
"UPS is accelerating its push into the domestic air freight business and this network is going to help us bring unparalleled levels of service to the marketplace," said Mike Eskew, UPS’s chairman and CEO.
he network will support customers with North American overnight, second-day and deferred air freight services.
In December UPS acquired air freight forwarder Menlo Worldwide Forwarding, a $1.9 billion company. UPS said in late February it would close its Dayton, Ohio, hub and expand its air freight operations in Louisville.
UPS is ranked No. 1 in the Transport Topics 100 listing of North American trucking companies.
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