1,000 former Airborne Express workers will lose their jobs in Seattle over the next 12 months as the new owner, German air-cargo company DHL Express, concentrates operations at its headquarters in South Florida.
DHL have filed the layoff notice with the state Employment Security Department, ending faint hope that some administrative jobs might remain.
Read MoreDHL and Lufthansa Cargo have begun operations on five new international routes; and DHL has increased capacity on its Hong Kong-Taipei service.
The new international routes, operated by Lufthansa Cargo MD11 freighters, will offer more intercontinental flights between Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US, with faster transit times.
Read MoreFedEx Corp, the world’s largest air express transport company, increased revenues from China by an annual 40 percent in the quarter to end-February, but said again it was battling on an uneven playing field.
FedEx, which does not normally divulge sales by country or region, fears government legislation now in the works could impede progress and protect China’s postal monopoly, a senior executive said.
Read MoreDHL has opened two new Express Logistics Centers (ELCs) in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and Mexico City.
DHL currently operates 50 Strategic Parts Centers (SPC) in the region, and the original Express Logistics Center in Miami.
Read MoreOpinions vary on the London congestion charge, a year old last week. Communters and the national media have been generaly supportive, won over by reduced traffic levels and better publich transport. But retailers have suffered, and the hauliers who fuel the capitals economy have given the scheme, now likely to be widened, a firm thumbs-down.
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