UPS gears up for peak with added widebody capacity

[caption id="attachment_414782" align="alignright" width="500"] Unit 65783 is UPS’ eighteenth 747-8F. (Photo: Boeing)[/caption] UPS will bring on several widebody freighters between now and the end of the year as it prepares for a surge in demand on top of the current peak-like conditions. The integrator took delivery of its eighteenth 747-8F (65783) from Boeing on Oct. 22 [FAT 005687], ferrying the aircraft to the UPS Worldport in Louisville (SDF), and will soon receive a new 767-300F (66809) which has been carrying out test flights around Everett (PAE). But the additions don’t just include new-build freighters. Two MD-11Fs (48805 and 48806) acquired from Lufthansa Cargo in 2019 are almost ready for service. Unit 48805, painted at the Grissom Air Force Base (GUS) in July, was ferried from the VT San Antonio Aerospace MRO facility in San Antonio (SAT) to SDF on Oct. 21, and unit 48806, also painted at GUS in October, headed directly from GUS to SDF on Oct. 23. UPS previously told Cargo Facts one would begin service in October and the other in November. UPS is due to receive three more MD-11Fs from Lufthansa, which expects to withdraw them by the end of 2020 . Meanwhile, UPS had said in September that it expected three more 747-8Fs by yearend. Apart from unit 65783, the other two are units 63784 and 65782. The former had previously been destined for the Volga-Dnepr Group ’s AirBridgeCargo , but was taken up by UPS in May and repainted in June. The Atlanta-headquartered integrator announced on Oct. 23 — launch day of Apple’s new iPhone and iPad products — that it is “a major carrier involved in the launch” and is delivering them to more than twenty countries. Excluding the aircraft mentioned above, UPS has inducted the following freighters into its active fleet so far in 2020: Freighters delivered to UPS in 2020 and operational as of 10/23 [wpdatatable id=53 table_view=regular] While Cargo Facts Symposium 2020 will be presented as a virtual event, the unparalleled networking and continuing education opportunities remain, with the best and brightest minds addressing the most pressing industry issues for air cargo — including those around COVID-19. To register and for more information, visit www.cargofactssymposium.com .

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