UPS Inc. is ordering 14 Boeing Co. 747-8 airplanes and holds options for another 14 of the air freighters, tossing a lifeline to the venerable jumbo jet. UPS Ordering 14 Boeing 747-8 Airplanes in ...

With the delivery of UPS’ final 747-8F order, Boeing is closing in on the end of production for the historic jetliner that changed aviation forever.Sporting its familiar brown, gold, and white ...

United Parcel Service Inc. said it ordered eight Boeing Co. 747-400 aircraft valued at as much as $1.9 billion as international deliveries grow. ... UPS Orders 8 Boeing 747-400s. L.A. Times Archives.

A new Boeing 747-8F is pictured on the tarmac at UPS Worldport in Louisville as the crew prepares to depart on the aircraft's first revenue flight. Christopher Fryer The company just ordered 14 of ...

The deal comes weeks after Delta Air Lines parked the last of its 747 aircraft, marking the end of U.S. passenger service for the plane. It also rewards Boeing’s optimism that the jet would live ...

Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet may have won a reprieve from an uncertain future as United Parcel Service agreed to buy at least 14 freighters — the biggest order in almost nine years.

UPS is training pilots on a new simulator at the Global Aviation Training Center.The simulator models a 747 aircraft.UPS spokesperson- Michelle Polk said the company is adding more aircraft and ...

UPS will take delivery of three new 747-400s in 2007 and five more in 2008. In addition, the company will acquire five more of the aircraft from other carriers by 2010, bringing the total fleet ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - UPS announced construction of a multi-million dollar project being built in Louisville to maintain the company’s fleet of 747 freighters. On Monday, Kentucky governor Andy ...

Ongoing construction of a new airplane hangar at UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Nov. 11, 2022 ... UPS officials said it will help house the company's fleet of massive 747 freighters.