UPS will help deliver NASCAR's Busch Series to Mexico City

Mexican trip:

UPS will help deliver NASCAR's Busch Series to Mexico City for next week's inaugural race.

The American package delivery company will manifest and seal all NASCAR and team equipment, coordinate international logistics and synchronize more than 80 team haulers, official trailers of technical scoring and template equipment, tires, emergency and safety vehicles and media trucks across the border in a series of convoys.

"Equipment will be arriving at our UPS Logistics Center in Laredo, Texas, from multiple points around the country, and our specialized teams have the complex task of streamlining the massive cross-border activities," said Tom Page, a UPS official who specializes in dealing with Latin America projects.

After crossing the border, each convoy will have federal and private security escorts and coordinated communications for the about 20-hour trip to Mexico City. After the March 6 race, UPS will reverse the procedures to help get everyone back to the U.S. in plenty of time to race the following week in Las Vegas.

FedEx Flight Is First Cargo Aircraft To Arrive at new Central Japan International Airport

Central Japan International Airport Opens; FedEx Flight Is First Cargo Aircraft To Arrive TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2005--

FedEx Global Network to Connect Central Japan with 220 Countries and Territories

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), the world's largest express transportation company, today begins operating regular flights into the new Central Japan International Airport located in Nagoya.

"The start of FedEx Express service to Central Japan International Airport offers new opportunities for the surrounding Chubu region as well as for FedEx," said David J. Ross, vice president, North Pacific Region. "Chubu is a major manufacturing center offering significant import/export opportunities, and the FedEx network will link these manufacturers to markets across the globe. We also expect to expand our flight schedule in order to meet the future needs of the Chubu region."

A FedEx Express MD-11, flying to Central Japan International Airport from San Francisco via Narita, is scheduled to be the first cargo flight to land at the airport. The same aircraft is scheduled to depart at 7:30 p.m. for Anchorage via Narita, with the first load of cargo to be shipped out. FedEx will operate five regular flights per week into Central Japan International Airport, linking the Chubu region to the world.

FedEx is currently strengthening its operation in Asian markets, including Japan. FedEx will use its integrated network, comprising air and ground as well as IT infrastructure to provide customers with expanded and more flexible services that link the Central Japan International Airport with 220 countries and territories worldwide.