Don't slip and forget to ship! For all of us who don't use flying reindeer for gift deliveries, these are the last dates to mail Christmas packages

If you're shipping gifts to any of the 48 contiguous states in the U.S and want it to arrive before Dec. 25, the 2025 USPS holiday shipping deadlines recommends you send your package by these dates: Shipping something to Alaska or Hawaii before Dec. 25? Here are the deadlines:

UPS and FedEx's fleets of MD-11 planes are grounded, which can each carry thousands of packages. Logistics experts say some cargo could shift to passenger planes, trains and trucks.

UPS said in a Nov. 7 statement it would temporarily ground the MD-11 fleet effective immediately. The decision comes after the Nov. 4 crash of a UPS cargo flight in Louisville, where at least 14 people died, including three crew members, and others are still missing as of Nov. 7. It’s the deadliest crash in UPS Airlines history.

UPS and FedEx, the top two cargo airlines in the world, announced they grounded their MD-11 planes after a UPS jet crashed in Louisville, Ky.

UPS and FedEx have temporarily grounded all 57 MD-11 freighter aircraft in their fleets to conduct checks following the catastrophic accident involving one of the planes this week. The post UPS and FedEx halt MD-11 flying to conduct safety review appeared first on FreightWaves.