Emirates Post’s Dubai Airport Mail Transit Hub handled record mail during 2004

Of the record mail handled during 2004, 829,552 kg was airmail and 233,168 kg was surface airlifted (SAL).

Among the regular clients of the Hub are GATS UK, British Royal Mail and the UK and US offices of Deutsche Post. Swiss Post and Kuwait Post were the two major clients that joined the hub during 2005, in addition to several other postal organizations.

The Dubai Airport Mail Transit Hub of Emirates Post consolidated its position as the preferred regional mail distribution centre by handling 1,062,720 kg of international mail during 2004, against 984,000 kg in 2003.

The Dubai Airport Mail Transit Hub was established in 2001 to serve as the regional mail hub for mail bound for the GCC, the rest of the Middle East, North and East Africa, the Far East and Indian Subcontinent.

‘The Dubai airport mail transit hub has been designed to streamline and speed up mail delivery to destinations, with track and trace facility,’ said Mr. Abdullah Al Daboos, Director General, Emirates Post. ‘By using Dubai as a transit hub, postal administrations can be sure of secure transit and direct forwarding to end destination, all under the control of Emirates Post. Postal organizations can get attractive rates because of containerization and our ability to negotiate better rates with airlines.’

‘Globally, the mail hub concept is gaining momentum because it offers bulk transportation rates at more advantageous prices than the rates normally available to individual operators. The concept helps postal administrations reduce costs significantly and at the same time improve service. Dubai’s strategic location, boosted by a vast airline network, makes is the ideal mail transit hub for global postal operators. We are delighted by the global response to our hub.’

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