As China Southern Airlines' potential partners waltzthrough their joint-venture negotiations, what hadbeen a keen sense of anticipation among spectatorsis becoming somewhat jaded, if you'll excuse the pun.Michael Westlake checks out who is leading who. Germany's Lufthansa, developmentbank DEG and Shenzhen Airlines havetheir Jade Cargo International jointventure up and running from Shenzhen,only about 30 miles away fromChina Southern's massive Guangzhoubase. China Southern's two major … [Read more...] about Mixed Messages from China Southern
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Empost expands courier services
Empost has expanded its globalreach with the opening of a new serviceto North and South America. Withoperations in Asia, Africa, Europe andnow the Americas, Empost is positioningitself as a leading inter-continentalservice provider in the industry, thepostal organisation said in a statement. "As we expand by opening up businessin demanding markets, Empostwill make sure that we do not departfrom our core principle of providingonly the best service," said Sultan Al Midfa, CEO, … [Read more...] about Empost expands courier services
FedEx upgrades India presence
FedEx Corp last month upgradedIndia from a country within a regionto a full region in its own right, theEconomic Times reported. FedExpreviously had five regions, each withits own vice president. These regions were the US, Canada,EMEA (Europe, Middle East, andAfrica), Latin America- Caribbean(LAC) and Asia-Pacific (APAC). Indiacame under EMEA and had JacquesCreeten as its managing directorreporting to his vice president in Brussels, Belgium. Since December 2006, however,in recognition of … [Read more...] about FedEx upgrades India presence
Postal liberalisation could costs 32,000 jobs
Deutsche Post World Net AG chiefexecutive officer, Klaus Zumwinkelsaid about 32,000 jobs could be lost asa result of the planned liberalisationof postal services in Germany. In aninterview with DPA German newsagency, he said competitors would beable to get hold of around 20 percent ofthe volume of letters being handled byDeutsche Post after Dec 31, 2007, whenthe company's monopoly ends. "This would then mean the end foraround 32,000 jobs in Deutsche Post,"he was quoted as saying. … [Read more...] about Postal liberalisation could costs 32,000 jobs
Japan Post transfers fail on system glitch
Japan Post last month said that some10,000 automatic withdrawals frompostal savings accounts failed over fourbusiness days due to a computer systemglitch, Kyodo News reported. The troubleemerged as Japan Post made some modifications to its computer systemto prevent erroneous money transferson Jan. 4, it said. Japan Post reverted to the previousconfiguration and the system hasworked properly since, it said. JapanPost has apologised to users of the automaticmoney withdrawal service forthe … [Read more...] about Japan Post transfers fail on system glitch
Partnership is the key for US Postal Service
"We don't want to replicate theDeutsche Post model in believing thatpurchasing and controlling all thenetwork assets will make us successful,"says Paul Vogel, managing director ofthe US Postal Service's Global Businessunit. "We instead believe that finding as many partners around the world as possible is a much better model for us." This the USPS has set out to workwith post offices in the Asian region,rather than pushing them to liberalisetheir markets. One example is … [Read more...] about Partnership is the key for US Postal Service
