Royal Mail Flying to Germany

Royal Mail has launched a new charter air
service dedicated to transporting its mail to Germany. The Stansted to Hahn
flight will be operated by Channel Express using a Boeing 737-300, the
carrier said in a statement. Scheduled passenger flights are normally used
to carry the postal operator’s international mail. The charter flight will
improve the quality of service for Germany-bound UK mail, Andy Pickering,
head of Royal Mail’s International Service Delivery, said in the statement.
‘It has given us more control over flight departure times enabling us to
ensure that mail arrives in Germany as quickly as possible,’ Pickering said.
‘This in turn means it can… improve quality of service.’ Royal Mail
handles over 12 tonnes of mail to Germany each day, it added. Channel
Express is a subsidiary of aviation and distribution services group Dart
Group Plc.