an express service for shipping small packages of goods by air: includes ground pickup at origin and delivery at destination.
the goods shipped by this service.
First recorded in 1910–15
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UPS, by contrast, always has operated a single network, even after beginning air express service in 1988 to counter FedEx.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
A jet flight, a ship’s cargo, an air express package.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
While the air express giants vie to gain market share, the beleaguered Postal Service is rolling out a new television ad campaign highlighting the value of first-class mail.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2011
Actually air express rates are five to seven times as high as railroad rates.
From Time Magazine Archive
An air express holdup; or, How pilot George Selkirk carried through.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1958 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
The Cubans carried a suitcase with air-express invoices addressed to Dr. Fielding, and thus persuaded a cleaning lady to admit them to Fielding's office.
From Time Magazine Archive
Down too went its transatlantic air-express rates, from $2.02 per pound to $1.17.
From Time Magazine Archive
First step to air-express service, said he, is air-express planes: efficient freight-luggers built without the doodads of passenger craft, thus capable of carrying a bigger payload on the same horsepower.
From Time Magazine Archive
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