Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

FedEx hopeful of pilot deal soon

Posted by | May 10, 2006 | |

FedEx Corp is hopeful of a successful conclusion to talks with its pilots’ union after more than two years without a deal, a top executive said on Wednesday. “We think we have put together a good package for the pilots,” corporate vice president for strategic financial planning and analysis James Hudson told Reuters on the sidelines of a transportation conference organized by investment bank Bear Stearns in New York. “We are hopeful we will be able to reach an agreement that will be fair to the pilots, their families, our customers, our company and our shareholders,” he added. FedEx and the union representing its 4,700 pilots are due to start federally mediated talks next week. Negotiations on a new contract began in March 2004.

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DHL to quit Myanmar joint venture

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post AG’s DHL affiliate will end its joint venture with an entity linked to Myanmar’s military dictatorship when the current contract expires at the end of 2006, the Burma Campaign UK said. DHL’s partner in Myanmar is the regime-owned company Myanma Post and Telecomms. The two companies started cooperating in Jan 1998, the Campaign said in a statement. No financial details were reported. ‘This is a welcome but long overdue move by DHL,’ said Yvette Mahon, director of Burma Campaign UK. In 2002 the regime expelled Federal Express, UPS and TNT and other smaller parcel carries, leaving DHL the sector’s sole player in the country. None of the other companies operated joint ventures.

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DHL launches new heavyweight door-to-door service

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

DHL Middle East has launched a region-wide door-to-door heavyweight shipment delivery service, XL Express. Phil Couchman, Regional Director, DHL Middle East, said: ‘Effectively we are treating the region as one country with XL Express. Utilitising our region-wide experience we guarantee our customers’ heavyweight shipments are treated with the same level of expertise as smaller packages. It’s about providing our customers with a simple and convenient solution so goods can be transported throughout the region as easily as if it was one country.’ The service means that customers can now ship heavyweight goods in the same way as smaller, lighter packages. The benefits include day definite transit times and no hidden charges.

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FedEx Express & Indianapolis Airport Authority unveil plans for expansion of carrier's hub

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

FedEx Express and the Indianapolis International Airport today unveiled a major expansion project for the express carrier’s Indianapolis Hub and a multi-year extended lease agreement that includes construction of up to 14 additional wide-body aircraft gates. Up to approximately 800 additional employees could be hired under the expansion plan, which would bring the hub’s employment level to nearly 5,000 people. The expansion will increase package processing capacity more than 30 percent, from 75,000 packages per hour to 99,000 packages per hour, at the second-largest domestic FedEx Express hub behind Memphis. Additional capacity is needed at the hub to meet forecasted long-term package-volume growth, particularly for international shipments. FedEx operates international flights from Indianapolis to Europe, Asia and Canada.

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Fast response gets results

Posted by | May 8, 2006 | |

Strong demand for same-day services from Europe¡¦s automotive sector pushed In Time Direkt-Kuriers¡¦s results for last year to record levels.
The german emergency logistics provider increased its turnover by 12% to „¡30m with its operating margin at a new high of 6%.

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