Tag: DHL

FedEx to Base Pilots Overseas

Posted by | Jun 22, 2007 | |

FedEx Corp. plans to establish pilot bases in Paris and Hong Kong, saving it the cost of getting U.S.-based pilots to work and giving it more flexibility as it takes on DHL.

The Memphis-based company and the pilots’ union are discussing an amendment to the pilots’ contract, including cost-of-living stipends and details about the planes FedEx intends to fly in each market.

When domiciles are established, pilots who choose to commute from the United States, or from anywhere else, will have to pay their own fares.

FedEx has bases in Memphis, Los Angeles, Subic Bay and Anchorage, Alaska.

“You want to have your pilots based where the flight originates because that’s where you have the longest layovers,” said Satish Jindel at S J Consulting near Pittsburgh. “It gives the pilots a better quality of life and better scheduling.”

The change comes as FedEx adds capacity to its fleet and prepares to open its Asian hub in Guangzhou, China, in December 2008. FedEx’s Asian business is growing by double digits; growth in Europe is slightly less.

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DHL, PPL open reloading centre in Plzen

Posted by | Jun 22, 2007 | |

DHL opened a Kc150 million reloading centre in Plzen, western Bohemia today, Jiri Stojar, DHL Express chief executive for the Czech Republic, told CTK.

“We will create a backbone network of ten main distribution terminals worth almost Kc1 billion in the Czech Republic in three years,” he added.

DHL leased a hall on an area of 21,000 square metres for 15 years in the CTPark Borska pole industrial park together with PPL CZ. Both companies are controlled by Deutsche Post.

The Plzen facility employs more than 100 staff. “We have enough capacity for a growth which reaches 35 percent year-on-year,” said PPL chief executive Jiri Hondl.

DHL covers 46 percent of the express air transport market as the country’s number one and, together with PPL, 26 percent of the parcel service, trailing the Czech Post Office (Ceska posta).

DHL has 285,000 staff in 220 countries and territories of the world. In the Czech Republic, it employs 3,700 staff, while PPL CZ has 480 staff and 600 partners in the country

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Transmile, DHL Partner in Malasia, involved in accounting scandal

Posted by | Jun 20, 2007 | |

Malaysian cargo airline Transmile, a DHL Express partner for inner-Asian and transpacific routes, has been hit by an accounting scandal that has forced the resignation of its chief executive.

Transmile Group Bhd’s founder and chief executive officer, Gan Boon Aun, has relinquished his post following the recent disclosure of a string of irregularities in the company’s accounts.

Transmile also said that its board of directors has lodged a report with the police and the Securities Commission over the false statements and documents in relation to its revenue, property, plant and equipment and payments to third parties as reported by Moores Rowland Risk Management Sdn Bhd.

Transmile added that Moores Rowland will carry out a special audit covering areas including possible under-billing and non-billing of genuine sales between Transmile Air Services Sdn Bhd and CEN Worldwide.

The firm has remained silent on whether it will take action against those responsible since it told Bursa Malaysia on May 7 that its audit could not be finalised due to the absence of some documents.

Meanwhile, shares of Transmile dived 17.4 per cent to a three-year low when they resumed trading yesterday. Trading has been halted at the company’s request since Friday. The stock has fallen some 60 per cent so far this year.

Based on the special audit by Moores Rowland, Transmile would post pre-tax losses, not profits, in fiscal years 2005 and 2006, and see a much smaller profit in fiscal year 2004.

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DHL Strengthens Middle East-China Trade Lane

Posted by | Jun 19, 2007 | |

DHL announced a service enhancement to streamline shipping between the UAE and its 4th largest trading partner, China.

The enhanced DHL UAE-China Service is set to expedite shipments between both markets, offering streamlined service for UAE customers importing from the second largest economy in the world and the fastest growing trading partner with the UAE.

Using Time Definite deliveries and the Import Express product, DHL customers can – with one phone call – move goods from China to the UAE or any other destination using the UAE-China trade lane and pay for delivery in their home country – one invoice and one currency. Shipments stay within the DHL system from origin to destination allowing for easy tracking, anytime.

Future DHL improvements to support the flow of goods and documents between UAE and China will include additional ground network upgrades and ground fleet enhancements as well as added flights. DHL shipments in China are guaranteed daily uplifts and cargo space through 11 dedicated gateways – including four major gateways in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen – as well as 73 service centres covering 318 cities and over 500 flights per week.

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DHL gears up for ''soft'' Leipzig hub launch

Posted by | Jun 19, 2007 | |

DHL grows at Leipzig DHL Express will gradually build up flight operations at its new EUR 300 million European air hub at Leipzig over the coming 12 months to ensure a smooth transition from its existing hub in Brussels and to avoid the kind of operational problems that hit the opening of its US hub at Wilmington two years ago.

In July, DHL handling staff from Brussels, Cologne and Britain will test loading and unloading procedures at Leipzig, Achim Zimmermann, Sales Manager West at DHL Express Germany, said in an interview at the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich. Leipzig will be one of three DHL Express intercontinental air hubs alongside Wilmington and Hong Kong on opening in mid-2008.

DHL Express already operates 14 cargo planes on European overnight flights between Leipzig, the Brussels hub, its Cologne gateway and a number of Central and Eastern European destinations. These services, carrying about 160 tonnes of cargo daily, were moved from Berlin Schoenefeld airport over the last two years. The DHL hub buildings are currently under construction on a 53 hectare area adjoining the extended, 3.6 km southern runway.

In the next phase, about 6-8 flights will be transferred from Cologne to the Leipzig gateway during the third quarter of this year, Zimmermann said. All Cologne flights are scheduled to move to Leipzig by the end of 2007. During the first half of 2008, flights will gradually be transferred from Brussels to Leipzig.

In view of the operational difficulties at the opening of the Wilmington hub in autumn 2005 when two different hubs were merged at one location, DHL Express is taking a more cautious approach this time. “We have a back-up scenario. Cologne and Brussels will remain open as gateways. If there are any problems at Leipzig, we can relocate immediately,” Zimmermann pointed out. “We will always be able to switch in future if there are any problems.”

In particular, DHL Express will be responsible for its own aircraft handling at Leipzig, making it independent of airport staff and creating opportunities for third-party handling contracts, he noted. DHL will also have its own hangar for technical maintenance.

At Leipzig, DHL Express would benefit from the proximity of DHL parcel and freight forwarding facilities, the airport’s close geographical position to emerging markets in Central and Eastern Europe, its good multi-modal infrastructure with motorway connections and a nearby railhead, and the relocation of logistics facilities to the airport’s surrounding area, Zimmermann pointed out.

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