MADE TO ORDER FOR AIRLINE CREWS, FAMILIES AND FANS · FREE U.S. SHIPPING OVER $75
HOME / AIRLINES / UPS

UPS

Brown tails after dark. Since 1988, UPS Airlines has flown its own airplanes through the Worldport sort in Louisville every night — 727s and DC-8s first, the biggest freighters in the world now.

IN SERVICE — 1988 – TODAY HOME BASE — LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY REMEMBERED FOR — THE WORLDPORT NIGHT SORT FINAL FLIGHT — STILL FLYING
THE UPS COLLECTION

Everything on the board for UPS

THE STORY

Brown tails after dark

UPS had shipped parcels by air since 1929 but only flew its own airplanes from 1988, when UPS Airlines took over the contract fleet and built the Worldport sort in Louisville that runs every night. Our UPS designs draw on the early years of the airline rather than today's fleet — the brown-and-gold marks crews wore on the 727s and DC-8s.

Every garment is printed when you order it, in the USA, with the disclaimer on the label: an independent tribute, for the people who remember.

Fly for UPS? Work the Worldport sort? Remember the DC-8s?

Tell us what we should print next — a route, a fleet, a slogan you still hear.

Suggest a design →