EXHIBIT (A)(1)(XIV)


NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SCOTT M. NISWONGER, JOHN A. TWEED AND LANDAIR ACQUISITION CORPORATION WAIVE
FINANCING CONDITION

         Greeneville, Tennessee, January 15, 2003 - Scott M. Niswonger, Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Landair Corporation (NASDAQ-LAND),
John A. Tweed, President and Chief Operating Officer of Landair, and Landair
Acquisition Corporation, a Tennessee corporation wholly owned by Messrs.
Niswonger and Tweed (collectively, the "Purchasers"), today announced that they
had waived the financing condition to their tender offer to acquire all of the
outstanding shares of common stock of Landair Corporation. Prior to this waiver,
the tender offer had been conditioned on Landair Acquisition Corporation's
receipt of proceeds under its financing commitment from First Tennessee Bank. In
connection with the waiver, the Purchasers announced that Landair Acquisition
Corporation has entered into a definitive Loan and Security Agreement with First
Tennessee Bank under which First Tennessee Bank has agreed to provide $25
million in debt financing to fund the major portion of the purchase of the
shares tendered in the tender offer (the "Acquisition Loan"). The terms of this
Acquisition Loan are substantially consistent with the terms of the commitment
letter that the Purchasers obtained prior to commencing the tender offer. The
Loan and Security Agreement contemplates that, following the consummation of the
tender offer, First Tennessee Bank will make a $25 million term loan to Landair
Acquisition Corporation to be used to pay the principal balance of the
Acquisition Loan on its maturity date and to finance the purchase of any
remaining shares not tendered in the tender offer in the subsequent merger of
Landair with Landair Acquisition Corporation. The Loan and Security Agreement
also contemplates that First Tennessee Bank will leave in effect the existing
$15 million revolving line of credit with Landair following the consummation of
the tender offer and the merger of Landair with Landair Acquisition Corporation.

         As previously announced, on December 23, 2002, the Purchasers offered
to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Landair at a price
of $13.00 per share in cash, without interest, less any required withholding
taxes. The tender offer is scheduled to expire at 12:00 midnight, EST, on
Thursday, January 23, 2003, unless extended.

         The Offer is being made pursuant to, and the foregoing announcement is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Offer to Purchase dated December
23, 2002, as amended, and the related Letter of Transmittal. Landair Corporation
stockholders should read the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal in
their entirety before any decision is made with respect to the Offer. Security
holders of Landair Corporation can obtain the offer to purchase and other
documents that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for free on
the Securities and Exchange Commission's web site at http://www.sec.gov.

         Landair Corporation is a high-service-level transportation company
providing truckload, dedicated and other transportation-related services in the
United States and Canada.

         This press release and statements made by Landair Corporation in
reports to its shareholders and public filings, as well as oral public
statements by Landair Corporation representatives, may contain certain
forward-looking information that is subject to certain risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.
Without limitation, these risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited
to, economic recessions or downturns in business cycles, competition, rapid
fluctuations in fuel prices or availability, fluctuation in the frequency and
severity of accidents, increases in interest rates and the availability of
qualified drivers.