Infos Transport (Patrice Salini)

Parcel shipping: DHL, UPS end negotiations for airlift deal Read the full article at: http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/CA6652698.html?nid=4283&rid=13798057& Extrait : "Under the terms of the deal, DHL Express would have worked with UPS for airlift capacity in an effort to reduce its ground infrastructure operations costs. UPS would have provided all airlift services for DHL Express U.S. domestic and international shipments from airport to airport within North America, giving DHL a single airline partner in the U.S., and UPS would have provided main hub package sorting services at UPS’ Lousiville, Kentucky-based hub. The deal was originally supposed to be completed by the end of 2008. One factor for the deal being shuttered centers around the decline in volume being handled by DHL now that it has left the domestic market. Before DHL officially left the U.S. market, its air network handled about 1.2 million daily shipments for domestic and international shipments compare