The global package delivery service DHL said it has resumed flights to Baghdad last week, six days after one of its planes was hit by a missile on its approach to the airport.
“From the advice we received, it is now a safe environment to fly,” DHL spokeswoman Patricia Thomson told The Associated Press. She said flights to Baghdad International Airport resumed last Friday and the cargo company would “soon try to commence with three flights per day.”
Read MorePsion Teklogix, a global provider of solutions for mobile computing and wireless data collection, has announced that TNT Express – the world’s leading business to business express carrier has implemented Psion Teklogix’ Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communication solution and has armed its ground workers with rugged netpad® handheld devices for its airside operation at the company’s European Air Express hub in Liege, Belgium.
Read MoreThe Asian chief executives of the world’s top four air express carriers are to meet in Beijing to show their commitment to the Chinese market and to call for further liberalisation of the country’s express mail services.
During their first ever joint visit to China, the Asian division leaders of DHL, FedEx Corp, United Parcel Service Inc and TNT Express will talk to top Chinese officials, including the Vice-Minister of Commerce Liao Xiaoqi, the executive director of the Conference of Asia Pacific Express Carriers (CAPEC), Ira Wolf, said.
All four are members of CAPEC.
Read MoreA new express mail service (EMS) by air has been launched between Shanghai in eastern China and Osaka in Japan, a breakthrough for mail transport between the two nations.
The mail flight is jointly operated by Southern China Airlines (SCA), based in south Guangdong Province, and the Shanghai-based China Post airlines, a joint effort of China Post and SCA.
Read MoreExpress and logistics company, DHL Express, plans to invest €50 million in infrastructure in India between 2003 and 2007. The company will set up new express terminals at Mumbai and Chennai airports, apart from investing in service centres and in new vehicles.
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