Video: How Overnight Air Shipping Works

If you can afford it, you can have a package ship from Miami, FL at 5 p.m. that gets delivered in Anchorage, AL by 8:30 a.m. local time that next day. Ever wonder how that gets done? See how major parcel delivery companies like FedEx, UPS, DHL and Amazon make it happen.

Feb 13th, 2018

If you can afford it, you can have a package ship from Miami, FL at 5 p.m. that gets delivered in Anchorage, AL by 8:30 a.m. local time that next day. Ever wonder how that gets done? See how major parcel delivery companies like FedEx, UPS, DHL and Amazon make it happen.

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