Host Becca Hunnicutt & Tyler Delawder explore UPS's Worldport to learn why the airline is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Tyler: Oh hi there
Becca: Hi, I’m Becca Hunnicutt and welcome to BrownTales…your behind-the-scenes look with UPS Airlines. Today we’re at Worldport, here in Louisville, Kentucky. Let’s go inside and take a look.
Becca: Worldport is our all-points hub, servicing 220
Tyler: Becca!
Becca: Worldport is our all-points hub, servicing 200 countries & territories
Tyler: Hey Becca! What’s an all-points hub?
Becca: Well…
Tyler: Why’s it in Louisville, Kentucky? Why’s it so big?
Becca: Well you see…
Tyler: And a milk crate? Really?
Becca: Well Tyler, most of those are great questions. Why don’t we find someone who can help us answer them?
Becca: We’re here with Mike Mangeot. Mike is UPS Airlines’ Strategic Communications Director. Mike, hopefully you can shed some light on most of our questions. Thanks so much for being here, let’s jump right in it. Why is Worldport an all-points hub?
Mike: Well you might think with all of these points, it’s because it’s so pointy…but you’d be wrong.
Becca: Ok.
Mike: The reality is it’s the central point in UPS’s global logistics network. On any given day, UPS transports about 3 million packages around the world.
Becca: And speaking of around the world, we could have gone anywhere, but why Louisville, Kentucky for the airline?
Mike: We’ll there’s really 4 main reasons why we chose the airline to be here in Louisville, Kentucky.
Becca: You’re missing one.
Mike: Right, four.
Becca: Right.
Mike: The first is proximity to population centers.
Becca: Ok.
Mike: Louisville is a 2-hour flight from 75% of the US population base and a 4-hour flight from 95% of the US population.
Becca: Ok.
Mike: The 2nd is weather. Louisville International Airport does a great job staying open during all 4 seasons. The 3rd is the great relationship we’ve had over the years with state and city local governments.
Becca: Ok.
Mike: They’ve made it very welcome for us to be here.
Becca: Four?
Mike: Four, ah! Fourth, yes! The 4th is the capacity for growth. Louisville International Airport when we came here was underutilized. Today, we’ve help expand the airport and there’s plenty of room to grow to help serve the entire world.
Becca: That is great information, but why is that great for our customers?
Mike: Well, customers in Barcelona and Beijing and Boston, they want their stuff and we can always be open to serve them from right here in Louisville, Kentucky.
Becca: All right wow! Worldport is an amazing place and there’s so much that goes on here during the day.
Mike: Well if you think Worldport is amazing during the day, you should see us at night (snap) when we do two-thirds of our daily business. This place really is amazing.
Becca: Yeah
Mike: Maybe we need that flashlight now.
Tyler: Ahh, gosh. Wow, the all-points hub is about efficiency and Louisville is the perfect location; it really is an incredible piece of technology. But what I want to know is how does it work, how many packages can it sort, how many planes fly in and out each night and…really, you’re serious with the milk crate still?
Becca: Hang on Tyler. Those are great questions, why don’t we save those for another episode of BrownTales?
Tyler: Cool, Cool, cool. No worries, cool. Haha.
Becca: We want to thank Mike Mangeot and all the staff here at Worldport for helping us out today. Be sure to keep an eye out for another episode of BrownTales. We’ll see you next time.
Becca: This is our pilot episode.
Mike: Ok.
Becca: We have nowhere to go but up.
Tyler: Hiss.
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