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US review of air ownership case to be secret

Posted by | Aug 11, 2003 | |

A government case testing U.S. airline ownership limits that was prompted by complaints from UPS and FedEx has become so bitter and entangled that a judge is taking the matter behind closed doors, officials said on Monday.
Transportation Department Administrative Law Judge Ronnie Yoder has ordered that the Aug. 19 hearing on the ownership structure of Astar Air Cargo, formerly DHL Airways, be conducted in secret. A preconference hearing to set out a schedule for evidence and testimony for the upcoming proceeding will be held on Wednesday and will be open to the public, according to Yoder’s order issued late on Friday.

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Fedex, UPS want new review of DHL U.S case

Posted by | Aug 7, 2003 | |

FedEx and United Parcel Service want the Department of Transportation’s inspector general to review the controversial inquiry into the ownership of the former DHL Airways. The inspector general, Kenneth Mead, issued a report earlier this year that was highly critical of DOT’s prior handling of complaints by FedEx and UPS that Deutsche Post World Net and DHL International illegally controlled DHL Airways, now Astar Air Cargo, which operates 40 aircraft on U.S. domestic routes.

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Deutsche Post's CEO confirms continued intention to crack the US

Posted by | Aug 4, 2003 | |

Deutsche Post’s freshly reiterated expansion plans in the US are encountering fierce resistance from the dominant players in the North American parcel delivery market, UPS and FedEx. But US market forces could present a larger and more difficult hurdle than anything that UPS and FedEx can throw at Deutsche Post in court.

Deutsche Post World Net, the German postal and logistics provider, has pledged to prevent its US competitors from derailing its expansion plans in the US package delivery market. Speaking at a press conference announcing the company’s first-half earnings, Deutsche Post’s chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel said business remained strong despite continued economic weakness in Germany. He also reiterated plans to expand into the US delivery market, in what could be viewed as a message for rivals UPS and FedEx.

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DOT order limits scope of DHL inquiry

Posted by | Jul 31, 2003 | |

The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a decision that had something for everyone in the controversial DHL Airways case, which pits the world’s express giants against each other. In a victory for Deutsche Post World Net, owner of DHL International, the DOT ordered the administrative law judge conducting the inquiry to focus solely on the current ownership of DHL Airways, now Astar Air Cargo.

But in a victory for FedEx and United Parcel Service, the DOT dismissed Astar’s motion to terminate the entire proceeding.

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