Poste Italiane signs air cargo deal with Italian employers
Poste Italiane has signed an agreement with the influential Italian employers’ association Confindustria with the objective of winning more air express business.
Under the deal, the postal operator has guaranteed that its airline subsidiary Mistral Air will provide cargo transportation “at particularly competitive rates” and in accordance with the different types of freight and customer wishes.
Mistral Air currently operates with three B737-300 Quick Change aircraft for main routes and two chartered BA 146-200 QT planes for smaller destinations. The airline, which transports shipments of Poste Italiane and its express unit SDA, aims to carry 8,750 tonnes this year.
Poste Italiane chairman Massimo Sarmi added that the deal confirmed the strategic role that the postal group could play in providing logistics services and to support the success of products “Made in Italy” at an international level.
Poste Italiane last year signed an agreement with UPS, under which the US express and parcels giant will transport the post office’s international shipments and use its domestic Italian network for local distribution.
