DHL has signed a deal with Russian carrier Aeroflot to handle the integrator’s express services between Moscow and Brussels. Under the terms of the contract DHL is guaranteed bellyhold space on Aeroflot flights, enabling it to offer a direct service between the two stations.
Read MoreCustomers of Parceline and Interlink Express now have access to a worldwide air delivery service via sister company Chronopost International.
Read MoreA year ago almost no one in the air-cargo industry had heard of Roger Gibson. For that matter, despite his 34 years with United Airlines, Gibson knew very little about air cargo. Now, however, the Oakland, Calif., native has emerged as an industry leader. Since replacing Jim Hartigan as vice president of cargo at United last June, he has made his mark in the industry while attempting to resurrect the reputation of United Cargo after two years of turmoil.
Read MoreAn Post is facing industrial unrest as 8,000 members of the Communications Workers’ Union conclude a strike ballot this week. Post office clerks are already refusing to handle ESB bills and are threatening not to deal with AIB customers, who should be able to use post offices to lodge and withdraw money from July.
Read MoreConsignia said on Monday it had signed a five-year contract worth 70 million pounds ($102.3 million) with SchlumbergerSema to outsource occupational health and welfare services. The deal is part of the UK state-owned firm’s plan to cut costs by outsourcing the parts of its business which are not core to the postal network, which it says will save it 60 million pounds ($87.68 million) a year overall
Read MorePrime Minister Junichiro Koizumi proposed Monday to send a Japanese team to a German postal firm to observe privatized postal services. The proposal is apparently intended ultimately to help create a more favorable mood for the privatization of Japanese postal services, one of the premier’s pet projects.
Read MorePrime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who has pledged to privatize postal services, and Hiromu Nonaka, a Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight representing party members with vested interests in the postal sector, have agreed to the passage of four government-sponsored postal bills during the current Diet session, sources said Friday.
Read MoreMajor air cargo and express multinationals in Taiwan have given upbeat forecasts for their businesses this year. Firms with operations in Taiwan including DHL Corp. (X.DHL), Federal Express Corp., United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) and TNT Global Express, Logistics & Mail said in the first quarter on average their business grew 30%. They added business is expected to grow 25% in the second quarter and rise between 35%-40% in the third and fourth quarters. The firms said the reason for the upbeat outlook stems from a warmer economic relationship across the Taiwan Strait as Taiwan firms send orders to their China plants for production.
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