Air delivery company DHL Indonesia, a subsidiary of Brussels-based DHL Worldwide Express, said on Thursday it would open an international gateway in Medan, North Sumatra, in June this year.
“Medan is closer to Singapore so the export-import activities in Greater Medan will be faster, cheaper and more efficient,” DHL Indonesia gateway manager Adenan Tampubolon said during a press visit to the DHL gateway in Jakarta.
Danzas, the world’s biggest air freight forwarder, will improve its performance as the market returns to growth in the second half and through cross-selling with DHL. Despite last year ‘s slump in air freight volumes and the slower than expected integration of AEI, Danzas increased its sales by 10.4% to Euro 9.15bn.
And margin improvements achieved through the rapid growth of its Solutions logistics business helped pre-tax profits 40.7% higher at Euro 159m.
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Lufthansa Cargo (LC) is sharing DHL’s intra-European overnight express network after previously converting four B737 “quick change” passenger aircraft for freight each night to deliver its fastest time-definite product, td.Flash. A joint planning team is at work to improve aircraft utilisation and optimise flight schedules, and the partners expect to greatly expand their co-operation by summer 2003.
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