ups history part 2

[moosesteaks]

1981
Purchased first aircraft for use in air delivery service.


1982
Began operations from Louisville air hub.


1985
Started international air service between U.S. and six European countries.


1988
UPS receives authorization from the FAA to operate its own aircraft, thereby officially becoming an airline.


1989
Worldwide Express Service expands to deliver packages and documents to more than 175 countries (from 104 countries).


1990
First scheduled flights to Asia on UPS aircraft.
And I started as a slacky part-timer whoopeee.

1992
Electronic tracking of all ground packages begins.


1992
UPS is delivering to more than 200 countries and territories; delivering 11.5 million packages and documents a day for more than one million regular customers.


1993
The UPS Logistics Group is established to provide global supply chain management solutions.


1994
UPS.com goes live.


1996
UPS online tracking software provides a real-time image of receiver's signature and allows a customer to track up to 100 packages at a time.


1999
UPS sells 10 percent of its stock in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange

2000
Added capability to calculate rates and find transit times for shipments on any digital wireless device in the U.S. Customers can access these services from a one- or two-way text-messaging or Web-enabled phones, personal digital assistants, pagers, or other common wireless devices.


2000
Online tracking requests reach record-high 6.5 million in a single day.


2001
Launches direct flights to China with China Express.


2002
Begins operations at new intra-Asia hub located in Philippines.


2002
Began operations at new intra-Asia hub located in Philippines

2003
UPS launches a redesigned brand and introduces a new logo.

2004
UPS entered the heavy freight business with its purchase of Menlo Worldwide Forwarding, a former subsidiary of Menlo Worldwide, and rebranded it as UPS Supply Chain Solutions

2005
UPS announced that it had completed its acquisition of less-than-truckload (LTL) trucking company Overnite Transportation for US$1.25 billion

2006
more of the same old crap happened.

2007
Marks the 100th anniversary of United Parcel Service

2008
to early to tell