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UPS Flight Forward Attains FAA’s First Full Approval For Drone Airline

  • Makes first revenue-generating flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)
  • UPS’s full “Part 135 Standard*” certification is a first for any company
  • UPS to expand company’s drone delivery network serving healthcare and other customer applications

UPS (NYSE:UPS) subsidiary UPS Flight Forward Inc. today announced it has received the U.S. government’s first full Part 135 Standard certification to operate a drone airline. The company will initially expand its drone delivery service further to support hospital campuses around the country, and to provide solutions for customers beyond those in the healthcare industry. UPS Flight Forward plans in the future to transport a variety of items for customers in many industries, and regularly fly drones beyond the operators’ visual line of sight.

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UPS Recognized by Hispanic Scholarship Fund for Supporting Latinx Students – Diverse Education

The United Parcel Service Foundation (UPS) will be honored as the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s (HSF) Corporate Partner of the Year for their ongoing efforts to support higher education in the Latinx community.

Over the years, UPS has created support services for Latino students and contributed scholarship funding.

“We are exceedingly proud to have this opportunity to honor our long-time partner UPS Foundation, for its remarkable contributions to Hispanic higher education,” said Fidel A. Vargas, president and CEO of HSF.

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The weird reason UPS trucks almost never make left turns – Grunge

It’s information that, at first blush, seems to be what mainstream scientists refer to as “totally made up,” but it’s true: when at all possible, delivery drivers for the United Parcel Service (aka UPS) won’t make left turns. “But why?” the layman might ask. Is it out of fear? Some leftover superstition from days long passed? A deep respect for folks like Derek Zoolander who, despite all their best efforts, just aren’t ambi-turners? Prepare to be flabbergasted, because it turns out that the reasoning is actually grounded in genuine, head-scratching, non-whimsical reality. Get ready to have your mind blown by run-of-the-mill bean counting.

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International Mail Rates Are Going Higher. It’s a Win for FedEx, UPS, and the U.S. Postal Service. – Barron’s

International postal rates are going higher, potentially shifting the balance of power between companies such as United Parcel Service and FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service.

The Universal Postal Union, a conglomeration of 192 countries that ensures mail is picked up, sorted, and carried across borders, voted Wednesday to let governments set their own fees for handling mail delivered internationally. The changes, agreed to following a threat by President Donald Trump to leave the union, will take place over five years.

A congress of UPU members initially voted to reject a U.S. proposal that would have allowed for a quicker increase in the fees, known as terminal dues, that countries charge one another to handle deliveries. The U.S. voted in favor of the successful, revised plan, a result that takes the worst potential outcome—the U.S. leaving the union—off the table.

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UPS creating 1,000 high-paying jobs with $750 million investment – Louisville Business First

Atlanta-based United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) is making another huge investment in Louisville that will be spread across multiple projects costing in excess of $750 million.

And those projects are expected to create 1,000 new jobs paying an average of $70 an hour including benefits.

The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority preliminarily approved $36 million in tax incentives under its Kentucky Business Investment program and another $4 million under the Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act for the projects Thursday morning.