Tag: Air Transport

UPS applauds new trade deal with South Korea

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

UPS congratulated the U.S. and South Korean governments for brokering a free trade agreement that will strengthen the countries’ economic ties.

“The United States and South Korea have reached a trade accord that establishes new opportunities for small and large companies on either side of the Pacific,” said Alan Gershenhorn, president of UPS International. “The increase in trade that will come from this agreement means more jobs and more global competitiveness for the two countries.”

The U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement contains vital provisions for the express delivery industry, including enhanced market access and improved customs clearance times that allow companies such as UPS to better serve their customers.

South Korea is the seventh-largest trading partner of the U.S., totaling some USD 78 billion in bilateral trade. More than a quarter of U.S. exports to South Korea come from small- and medium-sized businesses.

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United Airlines signs new postal contract

Posted by | Apr 2, 2007 | |

United Airlines today announced it has signed a long-term contract with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for the carriage of domestic mail. United is scheduled to begin carrying domestic mail April 28, 2007. The agreement extends through Sept. 30, 2011, and is potentially worth up to USD400 million in revenue to United over the life of the contract. The new contract is in addition to United’s current position as the number-one carrier of international mail for the USPS among passenger carriers.

United has carried mail for the U.S. Postal Service since the airline’s founding more than 80 years ago. United continued carrying international mail for the USPS after the carrier’s previous domestic mail contract ended in June 2006.

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Christian Emery appointed as a new Managing Director of Chronopost

Posted by | Mar 30, 2007 | |

Chronopost, the La Poste Group express subsidiary, has gained a new chief following the resignation of its former managing director. The operator’s board has named Christian Emery as the new Président Directeur Général in place of Thomas Lot who resigned for personal reasons. He will take up the post on April 3. Emery is currently the executive director at ColiPoste, the French domestic B2C parcels delivery company of the La Poste Group. His successor there will be named within the next few days.

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La Poste focuses strategy

Posted by | Mar 26, 2007 | |

The French post office is adjusting its strategy and will once again concentrate on its core business — carrying letters. It is planning to sell its subsidiary Europe Airpost to South Africa’s Imperial Holdings.

The history of airmail in France started in the pioneering twenties of the last century, with the legendary company Adropostale and pilots such as Mermoz and Saint-Exupéry. But the French post office La Poste does not seem to be particularly interested in this tradition. It is planning to sell its air transport subsidiary Europe Airpost — which was known by the name Aeropostale until the year 2000 — to South Africa’s Imperial Holdings, owner of the airline Safair, this semester. Jean-Paul Bailly, La Poste’s president, explained that the company will focus on transporting letters by rail in future. In this context he pointed out that, together with state.owned rail operator SNCF, La Poste has plans to establish a network of postal TGV trains between France’s major conurbations, with links to the most important centres of trade and industry in neighbouring countries too.

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