1989 - Federal Express purchases Flying Tigers to expand its international presence.
1990 -Federal Express becomes the first company to win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the service category. .
1990 – UPS - first scheduled flights to Asia on UPS aircraft. .
1992 – UPS - electronic tracking of all ground packages begins. .
1992 - UPS is delivering to more than 200 countries and territories; delivering 11.5 million .
packages and documents a day for more than one million regular customers. .
1993 - RPS (now FedEx Ground) exceeds $1 billion in annual revenue in its ninth year of existence, recording the fastest growth of any ground transportation company.
1993 - The UPS Logistics Group is established to provide global supply chain management solutions. .
1994 - Federal Express officially adopts "FedEx" as its brand for recognition as the worldwide standard for fast, reliable service.
- FedEx launches fedex.com as the first transportation Web site to offer online package status tracking, enabling customers to conduct business via the Internet.
- FedEx Ship® software (now FedEx Ship Manager QuickShip) allows customers to process and manage shipping from their desktop.
1994 - UPS.com goes live. .
1995 - FedEx acquires air routes from Evergreen International with authority to serve China.
FedEx opens the Asia Pacific Hub in Subic Bay, Philippines, launching the FedEx AsiaOne® Network.
1996 - RPS (now FedEx Ground) achieves 100 percent coverage of North America.
1998 - FedEx acquires Caliber System Inc. and creates FDX Corporation. .
1988 - UPS receives authorization from the FAA to operate its own aircraft, thereby officially becoming an airline. .
1989 – UPS worldwide Express Service expands to deliver packages and documents to more than 175 countries.
1999 - FedEx Marketplace launches on fedex.com, providing easy access to online merchants that offer fast, reliable FedEx express shipping.
