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DHL Airways adds new flight to Bahrain International Airport

Posted by | Nov 11, 2002 | |

A DHL Airways registered DC8 aircraft made its inaugural flight into the Kingdom of Bahrain when it landed on a at Bahrain International Airport last week. The new DHL Airways weekly service upgrades the total number of Intercontinental freighters into Bahrain from seven to eight per week.

This additional service increases DHL’s available capacity both into and out of the Middle East by a further 20 percent, offering connections to DHL’s major European hub in Brussels and the Global Network.

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French postal unions head call for post office debate

Posted by | Nov 11, 2002 | |

The French federation of rural mayors, the French farmers’ union Confederation Paysanne and the French housing federation are among the associations which have joined forces with French postal unions to demand a national debate on the future of the French post office (La Poste). These groups and others have all signed an open letter to the French prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, reminding him of La Poste’s public-service mission.

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Asempre accuses Correos of restricting competition in postal sector

Posted by | Nov 11, 2002 | |

The Spanish national postal service, Correos, will be investigated by the Economy ministry for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the market. Following a complaint by 200 private-sector operators in the market, the restrictive practices authority will look into whether there is truth in allegations that the state-controlled company is attempting to remove competitors with practices that are illegal under article six of the law on the defence of competition.

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Indian Post The Focus Of International Symposium

Posted by | Nov 11, 2002 | |

A two day international symposium will start here on November 12 to discuss Postal System reforms for harnessing its reach and utilising it as front-end for the financial sector to benefit India’s population, numbering over 1 billion.

The seminar, jointly organised by the World Bank, India Post and Invest India Economic Foundation (IIEF), would dwell on many roles that the Indian postal system could adopt in areas including payment systems, E-governance, E-commerce, financial sector and information dissemination.

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Pakistani President stresses provision of modern postal services

Posted by | Nov 11, 2002 | |

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf here on Monday emphasized the need for provision of most modern postal services by using information technology (IT) for the convenience of people. He said this during his visit to the Post Mall in Islamabad, the first of its kind in the country providing all modern day postal services including money transfer, business center, banking, e-commerce, insurance and parcels.

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Competitors line up for Royal Mail

Posted by | Nov 11, 2002 | |

Royal Mail Group faces the biggest competitive challenge in its more than 300-year history when the postal regulator releases plans for new seven-year licences for private firms as early as tomorrow.

The state-owned Royal Mail, which is losing pounds 1.2m a day, argued vociferously against the proposals in favour of a slower pace of market liberalisation.

But Postcomm, already embroiled in a fierce battle with the group over price controls, has ignored its advice and will push ahead by announcing terms and conditions for the new long-term licences to be introduced from January in place of the current 12 month permits.

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Sagawa Express to enter registered mail business

Posted by | Nov 9, 2002 | |

Sagawa Express Co., a parcel delivery service firm, plans to enter the registered mail delivery business at the end of March 2003, company officials said Saturday. The move will allow the Kyoto-based company to expand its service by delivering credit cards and other confidential items as registered mail. The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications is expected to allow parcel delivery companies to deliver such items as credit cards, checks and gift vouchers in line with the April 2003 launch of a public postal corporation, as part of its deregulation of the state-run postal service.

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Competition issue clouds Royal Mail sell-off

Posted by | Nov 9, 2002 | |

Royal Mail’s attempt to sell its cash handling business to the private sector hit an obstacle yesterday after the Department of Trade and Industry decided to refer the move to the Competition Commission.

The move is potentially embarrassing for Alan Leighton, chairman of Royal Mail, who has been involved in a bitter battle with the Communication Workers’ Union over the outsourcing of services.

The CWU has opposed the sale, fearing for the jobs of the 3,000 workers who are set to be transferred if the sale to Securicor, the business services company, goes ahead. It also argues that the sale would give Securicor a virtual monopoly over cash handling and distribution.

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