Tag: Mail Services

Emirates Post in talks with Libya Post for enhanced cooperation in postal services

Posted by | Feb 8, 2005 | |

A team of Emirates Post led by the Director General, Mr. Abdullah Al Daboos, recently visited Tripoli to enhance postal cooperation between Libya and the UAE.The Libyan side was represented by Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed Albu Aishi, Director General, Postal Affairs, General Corporation for Posts & Telecommunications, Dr. Sami Al Bakbak, member, Telecommunications Committee, Mr. Mohammed Omar Dakheel, Director Postal Services and Mr. Hadi Al Soodi, Director, Postal Financial Services. The Emirates Post delegation included Mr. Salem Al Shaya, Assistant Director General, Operations, and Mr. Khalid Shahdoor, Assistant Director General, Information Technology. Following the talks, the Libyan officials expressed a keen interest in exploring the possibility of signing an agreement to route mail through Emirates Post’s Dubai Mail Transit Hub located at Dubai International Airport. Both sides agreed to pursue steps to increase the movement of express mail between the two countries and expressed satisfaction over the smooth delivery of express mail in the past, with no record of missing or undelivered mail.

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An Post job cuts postponed due to new talks process

Posted by | Feb 8, 2005 | |

A plan by An Post to cut nearly 1,500 jobs as part of a restructuring of its mail service faces a delay of several more months following talks yesterday at the Labour Court. The court is expected today to establish a new talks process between the company and the Communications Workers’ Union, which is resisting proposals for change. An expert group is to be appointed by the court to engage in discussions with the parties and to try and find areas of agreement. It will report back to the court by May 6th. If there are issues still unresolved, the court will issue recommendations within two weeks of that date. That timetable means the company will be at least a year behind schedule with a major restructuring of its mail service, which it had hoped to implement in mid-2004.

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Airline postal service to stay in u-turn

Posted by | Feb 7, 2005 | |

Aer Lingus has rescinded its decision not to carry An Post mail to Britain and Europe and is continuing to ferry the post six days a week for the cash-strapped postal company. Last September, as part of further cost cutting moves, the airline announced that it would axe its postal and courier service to Britain and Europe from January 1 this year leaving An Post with no option but to look for another service provider.Aer Lingus had earlier signalled that it would drop cargo services in Europe from the start of this year. At the time An Post chief operating officer Larry Donald said the company would look at alternatives for its outbound mail service and warned there would be a cost issue for An Post which had operating losses of 30m in 2003.

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Italian post office strengthens ties with France

Posted by | Feb 7, 2005 | |

The Italian post office, Poste Italiane, saw its mail volume rise by 10 per cent last year, to 7.2 billion items. At the same time, there was a double-digit increase in mail revenues, owing to growth in the most profitable segments of the market, such as direct marketing and commercial post. Poste Italiane has now decided to forge closer links with its French counterpart, La Poste, by making its unit-linked life assurance policies available in French post offices. At the same time, it has raised its stake in Aspheria, its joint-venture with La Poste, to 40 per cent.

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Second Royal Mail rival faces court over dumping

Posted by | Feb 7, 2005 | |

Another competitor to Royal Mail will later this month face court action for throwing away mail. Postcomm, the industry regulator, will present evidence against an individual working for one of Royal Mail’s rivals at Redditch, West Midlands. It will be the second prosecution of a new postal operator in two months as the regulator aims to ensure that service standards are maintained.
Competitors to Royal Mail include Express Dairies, UK Mail, Deutsche Post, TPG and Hays DX. A spokesman for Postcomm said: “There will be more prosecutions. We hope there won’t be too many more, but we have to ensure that the new operators maintain adequate standards.” Postwatch, the consumers’ group, said: “The higher profile the action against dumping, the better, as it is one of the constant problems in the postal service. But it also does not seem a level playing field when rival operators face prosecution but Royal Mail deals with dumping incidents itself.”

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