Are Fedex and UPS commercial airlines? if not, what are they called?

Answer 1

Fedex and UPS are brand names of American shipping companies. Their business is to ship goods all around the world. They are quite old established companies and very famous also.Their duty needs a huge transport logistics, these include the use of postal services, sea shipping cargos, vans, lorries and cargo planes also. They own their own airlines bearing the brands " Fedex " and "UPS " written on the planes which rise them to commercial airlines level. In the first place they are known as " shipping companies ".

Answer 2

According to the FAA, they are. The FAA regulations dealing with Airline operations is part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 121 (14CFR.121). All major airlines that operate on a schedule (Delta, American, USAir, etc) operate under Part 121 rules. FedEx and UPS also operate under Part 121 and are considered to be scheduled carriers. There are some additional rules concerning the carraige of cargo for hire, but they fall into the same category as passenger airlines.

FedEx, UPS, and DHL all have scheduled routes and flight plans on file with the FAA. They are as close to commercial airlines as it gets.

Answer 3

Any airliner that operates for money is designated commercial. From small aircraft to large ones.
An airline is qualified as asystem for scheduled air transport of passengers and freight.

Passenger airlines carry cargo but cargo airlines cannot carry the public passengers.
They operate under similar rules but the passengers require much more paperwork.

Answer 4

The term airline refers to passengers being carried, but they are a commercial cargo carrier. Anything that is flown for profit is called "commercial" and requires a commercial pilot to fly for profit.

Answer 5

I would call them freight carriers, or cargo carriers. When you mention commercial airlines, then the first thing that comes to mind is that it's a passenger airline. Best of luck to you.

Answer 6

As information, UPS had some aircraft which were "QC"" ))Quick change))

They could be converted from freight to passenger in 2 hours or less.
They flew charters out of Philadelphia to the caribbean on weekends. I don't know if they still do,

It made sense. The aircraft was utilized when it might have otherwise just been parked.

Answer 7

Cargo Carriers.

Answer 8

They are commercial cargo operators that have to adhere to the same regulations that the passenger carriers follow.

Answer 9

it never ceases to amaze me, how meny people offer answers to questions when they have no idea about what they are saying. to answer your question ups and are air carriers that operate under part 121 faa regulations the same as any other airline and can carry passingers if they so desire.

Answer 10

CARGO planes
If converted from passenger planes, CONVERTS.
If they carry a combination of passengers and cargo, COMBI.