
This means that fewer shipments sent with USPS First Class services will travel by air. These extended delivery estimates are the result of a switch to surface-only transport for a large percentage of USPS shipments.

These delivery standards will be reviewed following the busy holiday season to minimize the impacts to their customers. For more information on tracking and delivery estimates for your shipments, please visit our Help & Support.ĭue to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, the USPS has announced that the outlined changes to delivery standards for their First Class package services will no longer go into effect this quarter. As a reminder, please note that all delivery times are estimates and are not guaranteed.
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We will update the delivery estimates for our services to align with these changes once they take effect. Once again, we expect a slow transition as USPS adjusts their network to these new service changes and keep you informed of any further information.

Delivery standards for Priority Mail shipments that USPS transports by air will remain unchanged for the time being until there is improved reliability with key providers.For shipments transported by ground, USPS will remove the extra delivery day that was previously added following the service affects of COVID-19.Also, 4% of shipments will improve from 3-day to 2-day delivery.32% of shipments will see increased transit time of 1 or 2 days.Overall, the majority of shipments (64%) will retain the current delivery standard of 2-3 days.

New delivery standard of 2-5 days for USPS’s First Class Package service.Please prepare your customers as the following changes to service standards will take effect beginning Sunday, May 1, 2022: First Class Package Services (Thick Envelopes, Parcels) As you may recall, these changes are a part of the USPS’ 10-year plan for sustainability, Delivering for America.Īdditionally, this update will coincide with new changes to Priority Mail delivery standards amid the improving service conditions following the impacts of COVID 19.

The United States Postal Service has announced a new timeline for the changes to their First Class Package Service service standards. Beginning Mon Aug 1, shipments sent with ground services such as USPS Retail Ground and USPS Parcel Select Ground will be upgraded from a range of 2-8 days to a range of 2-5 days at no extra charge, with the exclusion of shipments containing hazardous materials. In a further announcement from USPS, there will be additional changes to established service levels for select postage types.
