UPS unveils strategic alliance in India
UPS Jetair Express has announced a strategic alliance with AFL “that will significantly expand accessibility to UPS services in India while providing export capabilities to AFL”.
The alliance will take effect from January 1, 2008, when all AFL WiZ Express Centres across India will promote US-based UPS’s international express delivery service to customers in that country.
Under the new set-up, UPS Jetair Express will continue to operate as an international express delivery service provider connecting India with the global marketplace, while AFL maintains its function as a domestic service provider connecting businesses across India.
The new alliance will also allow AFL to pick up international export shipments on behalf of UPS destined for the more than 200 countries and territories served by the latter. UPS access points for customers with international express delivery requirements will exponentially increase to more than 200 locations in India.
“Our strategic alliance with AFL comes out of our belief in the potential of the Indian market,” commented the president of UPS International, Alan Gershenhorn. “We have been exploring different options to expand our operations in India and concluded AFL offered the fastest route to expansion along with the most capabilities.”
UPS will provide training to all AFL sales staff to ensure that global service standards are maintained.
Over the last 60 years, AFL claims to have pioneered and led three different segments of the logistics industry in India – air freight forwarding, international air express service and third party logistics. In 2001, it added a domestic air express service.
