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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF FORWARD AIR CORPORATION FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1999 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

1,000 3-MOS DEC-31-1999 JAN-01-1999 MAR-31-1999 117 0 22,586 986 0 24,840 41,979 11,252 59,024 17,754 0 0 0 127 22,539 59,024 0 37,728 0 32,253 (32) 0 446 5,061 1,961 3,100 0 0 0 3,100 .25 .24