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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, 1998 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

1,000 3-MOS DEC-31-1998 JAN-01-1998 MAR-31-1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28,850 0 26,065 (10) 0 210 2,585 1,020 1,565 676 0 0 2,241 .19 .18