UK volume, market for internal express delivery service, by time sensitivity
UK value market for internal express delivery service, by time sensitivity
UK express delivery service, by mode of transport
UK flown exports (tonnes)
South American trade 2000
Exchange rates
Read MoreA new hub at Metz has enabled DHL to roll out two new next-day products to main cities
Read MoreThe Swiss government, several Swiss billionaires and 15 of the country’s biggest companies on Monday threw their weight behind a plan to try to rebuild a Swiss national airline out of the remnants of Swissair. The success of the SFr4bn (E2.7bn) rescue plan, known as Phoenix Plus, hung in the balance until the last moment, with the government unwilling to back the biggest corporate bailout in the country’s history without a matching contribution from the private sector.
Read MoreNigel Baty, general manager of BA’s Special Handling unit has been involved with the Heathrow operation for 12 years. Having spent three years at Gatwick he was moved back to BA’s stand alone Heathrow facility, last August, where he has rung in the changes.
“There have been a lot of initiatives put in place to make sure the products are brought back from the aircraft in time. Since last August, our productivity has increased by 20%,” says Baty.
October 18, 2001 — Paul Needham, Reuters: “Deutsche Post World Net is looking at strengthening its presence in the U.S. air express market to complete the formation of its global express network, a board member told Reuters on Thursday. ‘We cannot operate this worldwide air express network without a strong U.S. presence. How this can be organised is something we are looking into,’ said Peter Kruse, board member for European express services while at the German logistics conference in Berlin. Kruse declined to comment on reports in German media that Deutsche Post was interested in acquiring listed transport company Airborne Express , the third-largest domestic air express transport operator in the U.S. after UPS and FedEx . Earlier on Thursday Deutsche Post CEO Klaus Zumwinkel described the reports as ‘speculation’ which had been circulating for 12 months or more. Airborne Express has also declined to comment on possible Deutsche Post interest.
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