 The UPS emblem and gold body stripe painted brighter, with the gradient shading removed from the emblem.Along with aircraft entering service, the livery was phased into the airline fleet as aircraft underwent repainting for maintenance, with Dean Baldwin Painting in Peru, Indiana (a 40-minute flight from Worldport) updating the exteriors.As a safeguard against failure of service resulting from weather, mechanical failure, or any unexpected reasons, for most of its existence, UPS Airlines has operated a "hot-spare" contingency program.