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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.

1,000 U.S. DOLLARS 9-MOS DEC-31-1997 JAN-01-1997 SEP-30-1997 1 148 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 .99 .96