The airport operator wants to improve the quality of its services by exploiting as yet untapped freight capacity. Bans on night flights, demanded by an increasing number of those who live on or near the flight paths, would stymie any attempt to raise service quality The ITJ spoke to Antoine Milatos, head of cargo operations atAéroports de Paris (AdP).
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Read MoreJersey’s mail deliveries are on the road to change from this week as the new draft Postal Services Law is published for consultation. The proposals set down by the Industries Committee seek to abolish the exclusive privilege of the States, opening up the market to competition. Power to grant licences will be given to the Island’s independent regulator, the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA).
Read MoreConsignia’s interim chair-man warned yesterday that it would be “catastrophic” for the embattled re-named Post Office if its employees were to strike. “There is nobody in this organisation who really wants to strike, because everyone understands how catastrophic it would be for the company,” Allan Leighton said.
Read MoreDeutsche Post World Net, the German state-aid company, had record revenues and earnings for 2001, but warned for a more difficult 2002.
Deutsche Post group revenues totaling some 33.4 billion euro were 2.0 per cent higher than the previous year.
Earnings, the profit from operating activities (EBITA), grew 7.1 per cent to about 2.6 billion euro.
Net profit rose 4.6 per cent to around 1.6 billion for 2001. Earnings per share were 1.42 euro.
The available financial figures are still preliminary. Deutsche Post World Net will present the precise figures and further details at its financials press conference on April 8, 2002.
‘For the year 2002, we expect to continue this successful course for the group. However, it will be difficult to again surpass our operating profit,’’ said CEO Klaus Zumwinkel.
Source: Deutsche Post release
Read MoreAngry villagers protesting the Austrian Post Office’s closure of 600 rural branches have been told to complain to a “Control Commission” which doesn’t yet exist. The Post Office said the Commission would mediate in disputed cases. Those concerned should write to its central Vienna offices. But the villagers said on Friday there was only one problem. No-one could find the Commission – including the Post Office itself.
Read MoreMore than nine out of ten First Class letters are arriving the day after posting for the second three months in succession. Royal Mail is delivering a substantially better performance compared to a year ago but still has work to do in under-performing parts of the country if the year end target of 92.1% is to be met, Consignia said today. The latest quality of service report covering the final three months of 2001 showed that 90.4% of First Class letters arrived the day after posting. This was a 0.3 percentage point below the quarterly performance for July to September – but it is much better than the 87.0% result in the October to December period in 2000.
Read MoreGreece’s postal service has been fined for its failure to deliver international mail on time, a regulatory agency said Thursday. The post office was only able to deliver between 31 percent and 57.2 percent of first-class mail from five European countries within three days period, the National Committee of Telecommunications and Posts said.
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