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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF LANDAIR SERVICES, INC. FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1997 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

1,000 U.S. DOLLARS 3-MOS DEC-31-1997 JAN-01-1997 MAR-31-1997 1 538 0 23,927 560 620 28,809 102,196 29,637 101,982 23,165 0 0 0 60 41,975 101,982 0 41,005 0 39,083 (30) 0 681 1,271 500 771 0 0 0 771 .13 .13