From our Union Blast Mail... 12/15
UPS Confirms DHL Negotiations Ongoing
UPS confirmed today that its negotiations with DHL concerning an air service agreement are ongoing despite published reports casting doubt on the viability of the talks. Also on Friday, Joe Hete, president and CEO of ABX parent company ATSG, announced that ABX would continue to provide air service to DHL thru at least June. In previous meetings with the IPA, UPS indicated that the earliest DHL volume could be integrated into the UPS system would be June-July 2009.
In response to the report that appeared today in Traffic World, UPS would only say that it is “continuing its negotiations with DHL to provide line-haul services in the United States for DHL’s international package volume. There is no deadline for concluding these talks. UPS remains hopeful that these talks will be successful."