TAMPA — United Parcel Service Inc. is switching airports for its express air operations. Beginning in October, UPS will relocate from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport to Tampa International Airport.
"This will have no impact (on service)," UPS spokesperson Jim Mayer said. "UPS customers will still have the same great service they've always had in the Tampa Bay area."
The location handles next-day and second-day air packages. Tampa's facility, Mayer said, is about six times larger than its current space at St. Pete-Clearwater, allowing UPS to move some sorting indoors.
"It gives us more room for bigger aircraft during peak season," Mayer said.
The company is also shifting a postal handling facility that was not previously located in an airport to Tampa International.
Operations in Tampa will begin Oct. 16.
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