The new contract for French post office La Poste is set to be ratified on 23 October. La Poste is expected to be authorised to distribute property loans without prior savings from 2005 onwards.
Read MoreA month-long exchange programme between the postal services of France and Spain is to see the inhabitants of two towns, one on each side of the border, getting a daily delivery of “cartas” and “lettres”. “This exchange of postal workers is exceptional. No other exchange like this has been recorded,” La Poste said in a statement.
Read MoreLetter price, performance, no of items, employees and size of network.
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As if the effects of Sars and the global economic downturn were not enough, the French air freight industry started the year with another blow: an air traffic controllers’ strike. The setbacks induced a 6.3% drop in capacity at Air France and a subsequent 5.7% decrease in cargo volumes in the first quarter of this year. The malaise probably had something to do with the decision from TAT, the French post office’s B2B express parcels arm, to axe 60% of its express operations from Paris.
Poor results – cargo revenue down 8.8% for the first quarter and a reduction of 9.2% in total airline revenue – could also be the driving force behind Air France’s talks with KLM.
Although Air France will not elaborate, it has admitted the two airlines are discussing taking a minority stake in each other.
Read MoreMinister of Industry of the Republic of France, H.E. Ms. Nicole Fontaine and Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt, H.E. Dr. Ahmed Nazif, have signed an MOU on post, telecommunications, and information technology.
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