Emery Worldwide's Slogans & Taglines

Emery Worldwide Airlines is a dedicated architect of airborne logistics, freight-forwarding audacity, and the quiet revolution of transforming a navy veteran’s two-truck operation into a global covenant of cargo sovereignty, built on an iconic American heritage that treats the movement of goods not as a mundane shipping transaction, but as a vital pillar of industrial progress, just-in-time inventory mastery, and the unapologetic sovereignty of next-day arrival. Born in 1946 when John Colvin Emery, Sr. founded Emery Air Freight with three employees, two used trucks, and a single client—the Federal Reserve Bank of New York—the brand ignited its ascent as the first freight forwarder to receive a U.S. carrier certificate, then shattered the boundaries of ground-bound logistics in 1981 by rechristening itself Emery Worldwide and assembling a dedicated fleet of Boeing 727s, Douglas DC-8s, and DC-10s. Its portfolio spanned next-day and second-day air freight, ocean transportation, customs brokerage, and logistics management, crowned by the 1987 acquisition of Purolator Courier and the Dayton superhub that sorted every package regardless of origin. The brand’s voice crystallized in the 1979 declaration “The air force in air freight,” journeyed through the 1983 promise “Any size. On time. For sure,” and the 1996 assurance “We put you miles ahead,” before its final chapter in August 2001 when the FAA grounded its certificate for maintenance violations, and December 2001 when the last contract dissolved into UPS—a fifty-five-year covenant that every pallet, every parcel, and every priority envelope deserved wings.