RICHMOND, Va., May 12, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- UPS Freight (NYSE: UPS) today announced it has reduced transit
times on nearly 1,000 traffic lanes originating in metropolitan areas
in the Southwest and Southeast to points across the United States.

Transit times have been reduced by one or two days from points in
11 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and
Texas. The customer improvements are being made without adjusting
rates.

The latest round of enhancements follow the more than 8,000 lanes
that were improved nationwide by the company in 2007.

"UPS Freight is on a path to create a combination of reliability,
technology and speed that no other competitor can match," said Jack
Holmes, president of UPS Freight. "We are aggressively rolling out
improvements in all areas of the business to keep pace with the
evolving needs of our customers. This latest round of lane
enhancements comes on the heels of a new on-time performance guarantee
and freshly integrated shipping and visibility technology."

Similar network improvements, in a phased plan, will be made
throughout other regions of the country later this year. Specific lane
enhancements and updated time-in-transit maps may be viewed on
ltl.upsfreight.com.

Examples of the network enhancements include placing all of New
England under a two-day delivery umbrella from Memphis, Tenn., and
shipments from Charlotte, N.C., reaching destinations as far as Dallas
and Columbia, Mo., in two days.

"There are clear customer benefits here," Holmes added. "The
expedited times allow customers to reduce the inventories they're
carrying. And the introduction of more direct routes also means that
less handling of the freight is required."

UPS Freight is one of the largest less-than-truckload (LTL)
carriers and a leading truckload (TL) service provider in the United
States with over 215 service centers and 18,400 employees. UPS
Freight's reliable, modern fleet of approximately 29,000 tractors and
trailers offers a full range of regional and long-haul capabilities
and an on-time delivery guarantee for all LTL shipments. UPS Freight
also serves Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. For more information visit upsfreight.com.

SOURCE: UPS

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Ira Rosenfeld
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Susan Rosenberg
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