Britain’s economy will suffer unless it removes restrictions on cargo flights by international airlines, Fred Smith, chairman and chief executive of FedEx, the world’s largest express air freight company, has warned. FedEx flies cargo into the UK but is prevented from picking up freight and carrying it to Europe by a 1978 air services treaty between Britain and America.
Read MoreEuropean Union Transportation Commissioner Loyola de Palacio said if the US and the UK manage to come to an agreement on a bilateral “open skies” pact, the deal will be overruled by a European court later this year.
“The agreement can be signed with a clear short life,” de Palacio told reporters here ahead of the US-EU summit between European President Romano Prodi and President George Bush at the White House.
Neopost, a worldwide leading provider of mailing, addressing, document handling and logistics systems, introduces their latest self-service Neopostage(TM) kiosk that dispenses postage offering the same convenience of regular stamps. Currently undergoing USPS approval, the Neopostage kiosk should be deployed in public locations later this year.
Read MoreTibbett & Britten (T&B) has won a contract to start up and manage three warehouses and a customer response centre in Los Angeles for consumer goods manufacturer Procter & Gamble, totalling more than 370,000 sq metres. T&B already operates outsourced distribution centres in Cincinnati and New Orleans.
Read MoreUK Ministers will come under pressure this week to seek fresh talks with the US aimed at liberalising air services across the Atlantic.
Several government departments, most importantly the Treasury, the Department of Transport, and the Department of Trade and Industry disagree, however, on the best way to approach Washington over an issue that has long soured relations.
Officials have failed to reconcile differing views within the government. It is expected that Tony Blair will be forced to intervene to seek a compromise, triggering another round of heavy lobbying by British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.
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