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<blockquote data-quote="trplnkl" data-source="post: 515351" data-attributes="member: 13254"><p>One on one, you're right about the profitability of air vs. package, the real difference is in the volume of each.</p><p> Ground is the meat in UPS, air is the gravy. FedEx's business model is just opposite ours. When times get tough as they are right now, people(businesses) seem to realize that just maybe that letter/package doesn't really, absolutely, positively have to be there the next day and the air volume drops and the ground raises. When RPS(now FedEx Ground) first came around they didn't want the residential one package delivery because they are low profit pieces, how ever UPS upped our public awareness with " We deliver to every address in the World" (anyone remember that ad?).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trplnkl, post: 515351, member: 13254"] One on one, you're right about the profitability of air vs. package, the real difference is in the volume of each. Ground is the meat in UPS, air is the gravy. FedEx's business model is just opposite ours. When times get tough as they are right now, people(businesses) seem to realize that just maybe that letter/package doesn't really, absolutely, positively have to be there the next day and the air volume drops and the ground raises. When RPS(now FedEx Ground) first came around they didn't want the residential one package delivery because they are low profit pieces, how ever UPS upped our public awareness with " We deliver to every address in the World" (anyone remember that ad?). [/QUOTE]
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