Tag: Deutsche Post

United Parcel Service and FedEx have lost a bid to overturn a ruling that may aid Deutsche Post’s U.S. expansion efforts, which included the acquisition of ground-based operations from Seattle-based Airborne last year. The Transportation Department said yesterday it won’t review an administrative law judge’s Dec. 19 decision that German postal service Deutsche Post doesn’t control Miami-based Astar Air Cargo. UPS and FedEx, the largest U.S. package-delivery companies, argued that the German company’s DHL unit controlled Astar in violation of U.S. law. They can appeal in federal court. The two U.S. companies have sought to block DHL’s expansion in the USD 50.2 billion U.S. ground and air parcel-delivery market, analysts have said. Closely held Astar, the former DHL Airways, carries air cargo linked to DHL’s U.S. ground-delivery network, purchased in 2003 from Airborne.