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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF LANDAIR SERVICES, INC. FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

0000912728 LANDAIR SERVICES, INC. 1,000 9-MOS DEC-31-1997 JAN-01-1997 SEP-30-1997 148 0 28,372 726 0 33,142 105,010 33,552 105,187 28,468 0 0 0 60 47,228 105,187 0 136,963 0 125,230 97 0 1,990 9,646 3,755 5,891 0 0 0 5,891 .96 .94