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India welcomes Finnair’s fourfold capacity increase
Finnair's decision to quadruple itsflights to India has been welcomedby its cargo GSSA, Global AviationGroup. Global represented Finnair as anoffline carrier for many years, beforethe airline began direct services fromDelhi in October 2006. Since then, Globalhas been virtually filling all flights,and recently went on record to say thatit could fill as much space as Finnaircould give it. Now Global's wish has come true,with four more flights per week fromDelhi starting in mid-May. At the … [Read more...] about India welcomes Finnair’s fourfold capacity increase
EL AL hands Heathrow handling to WFS
EL AL, Israel's national airline, hasawarded its cargo handling contract atLondon Heathrow to Worldwide FlightServices (WFS). The airline currently operates 13flights a week from Heathrow to TelAviv. Using a combination of Boeing777, 767, 757 and 747 passenger aircraft,EL AL carries more than 65 tonnes ofcargo per week from London. WFS is also responsible for buildingfreighter pallets bound for the airline'sall-cargo services from Amsterdam Schiphol, Liege and Luxembourgthat offer EL AL's … [Read more...] about EL AL hands Heathrow handling to WFS
TNT Post forms strategic partnership
TNT Post, the UK arm of Dutch mail group TNT NV said it has formed a strategic partnership with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) to offer postal services to its members. BRC members will be able to use TNT Post's two-day service for pre-sorted mail with Britain's Royal Mail continuing to carry out the final mile delivery to customers' homes. The BRC membership includes 85 percent of British retailers, such as Tesco, luxury department store Harrods, and baby goods retailer Mothercare. The … [Read more...] about TNT Post forms strategic partnership
Chronopost launches new B2C service
The French post office's express distribution arm, Chronopost, has launched a pick-up service for parcels, Chrono Relais, which utilises a network of 3,000 French high street tobacconists. Each of the tobacconists outlets serves as a Chrono Relais pick-up point with more than 70 percent of them open from Monday to Sunday morning between 7.30am and 7.30pm. By 2008, Chronopost expects to be delivering 20,000 parcels daily via Chrono Relais, the equivalent of close to eight percent of its … [Read more...] about Chronopost launches new B2C service
USPS to introduce shape-based pricing
As part of its proposed May 2007 rate change, the United States Postal Service (USPS) will introduce Shape- Based Pricing, one of the most dramatic postage structure changes in years, Business Wire reported. The initiative is being implemented as a way for the USPS to better align postage rates with its mail processing costs, and its implications for mailers are expected to be two-fold. First, there will be a significant increase in postage costs for various types of mail pieces - in some … [Read more...] about USPS to introduce shape-based pricing
