Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

The Belgian government remains confident that Deutsche Post World Net AG’s express mail unit DHL will decide to set up its European mail centre in Brussels, and will announce the outcome of negotiations with local residents protesting the expansion of the national airport on Tuesday, a government spokesman said. The Belgian authorities have been at loggerheads with local residents, who are trying to block the expansion because of the extra noise and night flights created by an enlarged airport. Asked whether the government would succeed in securing DHL’s multi-million euro investment, the spokesman for Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, Didier Seews, said: ‘We are looking at both the noise pollution of night flights and the imperative of expansion to find a balance between ecology and economics.’ ‘It will work,’ he said, when asked whether a compromise could be found ahead of next Tuesday’s crunch announcement.