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.

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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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