Kelly Yamanouchi
UPS Orders Electric Aircraft to Transport Cargo Between Facilities
An artist rendering of an electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft. (UPS Inc.)
UPS Inc. is ordering 10 electric aircraft that are designed to take off and land like a helicopter, allowing it to fly cargo directly between its facilities in small markets and bypass airports.
April 7, 2021UPS Ships Out First Batch of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
A UPS truck heads out with a load of Johnson & Johnson vaccines. (NBC News/YouTube)
UPS Inc. began shipping out its first batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines March 2, now that the single-dose vaccine for the coronavirus has emergency use authorization.
March 2, 2021UPS Shipping First Ventilators From GM Facility to Hospitals
A UPS cargo plane is pushed from its gate after being loaded at the company's Worldport hub in Louisville, Ky., in November 2015. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press)
UPS is shipping ventilators made in a General Motors facility to hospitals in the Chicago area.
April 17, 2020UPS Manages Airlift of Health Care Supplies for FEMA
UPS cargo planes sit on the tarmac at the UPS Worldport facility in Louisville, Ky., in 2016. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News)
UPS launched a two-week operation to run 25 cargo flights carrying masks, gloves, surgical gowns and other equipment for the health care industry under the federal government’s Project Airbridge.
April 7, 2020UPS Orders 10,000 Electric Delivery Vehicles
Arrival's Generation 2 electric vehicle. (Arrival)
UPS has ordered 10,000 electric delivery vehicles from electric vehicle maker Arrival, in what it calls a move to accelerate fleet electrification.
January 30, 2020UPS Launches Rewards Program for Access Point Use
UPS workers sort through packages. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
UPS is launching a holiday rewards program to encourage customers to pick up packages at alternate locations through its Access Point network, which include Michaels stores, UPS Stores and local businesses like delis, dry cleaners and flower shops.
November 7, 2019