UPS Increases Delivery Volumes in December

UPS has circled Monday, December 21, on the calendar as its busiest day of the year when the company anticipates delivering approximately 22 million packages worldwide.

That is about a 40 percent increase over normal daily delivery volumes. For the entire holiday peak season – stretching from Thanksgiving to Christmas –

UPS will deliver approximately 400 million packages around the world, up slightly compared to the 2008 holiday season. And to support this holiday package volume spike, UPS expects to hire roughly 50,000 seasonal workers.

Procrastinators can rely on UPS air services to ship as late as Wednesday, December 23, for delivery on Thursday, December 24. To ensure on-time delivery during the holiday rush, UPS Airlines will fly more than 330 additional flights per day during Peak Week, the four days leading up to Friday, December 25. The company’s highest volume day for handling air express packages will be Wednesday, Dec. 23, when it will deliver more than 6 million air packages.

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