ACdreamliner From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 515 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 18422 times:
does not make sense... DHL have bought over a competitor... maybe the logistics company was stuggling, (fuel prices easy way to shift blame)...
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 18370 times:
God, tell me about it.
I was the person listening to the news, not you and i found it hard to understand.
But, basically DHL bought the Air Cargo arm of the company and Royal Mail or somebody bought the Logistics Part of it.
PanHAM From Germany, joined May 2005, 7768 posts, RR: 26 Reply 3, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 18233 times:
Deutsche Post / DHL bought Airborne Express in the USA last year. They are presently merging the CVG hub and the Wilmington OH hub of AEX, everything moves to Wilmington and flies under the DHL brand, including Transatlantic flights to CGN/EMA.
DHL/DPWN intends to buy Excel, a freight forwarder / logistics company. They are oin the early stages of negotiating that deal.
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 18086 times:
That's it guys. There was definetly a mention of cargo airline with Excel.
CV580Freak From Bahrain, joined Jul 2005, 1033 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 17759 times:
I have not heard of Exel owning a cargo airline. As one of the largest freight forwarders at Heathrow they may have chartered on an ad-hoc or regular basis.
The Royal Mail charter aircraft from Titan, Channel Express and Emerald so not too sure where they will fit in.
One day you are the pigeon, the next the statue ...
Petertenthije From Netherlands, joined Jul 2001, 3230 posts, RR: 13 Reply 7, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 17613 times:
Quoting CV580Freak (Reply 6): I have not heard of Exel owning a cargo airline.
Exel does not have an airline, they buy space on other carriers and every now and then charter a plane. Having said that, they do fly a lot of freight.
I work at Exel (sea department) and must admit I did not see this one coming.
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 17102 times:
Petertenthije From Netherlands, joined Jul 2001, 3230 posts, RR: 13 Reply 9, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 16833 times:
Quoting Dogfighter2111 (Reply 8): On the news, it said that a Cargo Airline with Excel Logisitcs was having troubles with Fuel Prices and DHL was looking to take it over.
All I know is that Exel does not have an airline or any aircraft. Feel free to browse the photo database of airliners, jetphotos, planepictures or even exel.com. You won't find them.
Perhaps the news misunderstood and just meant to say air freight company. Note my words, I do not say airline! Exel haules a lot of airfreight, it just does not do so with its own equipment.
A take-over like this takes a lot of time to prepare. DHL (or anyone else) does not just decide one day that it would be fun to take over a company the size of Exel. You must bear in mind that Exel employes roughly 111,000 people across the world and is by no means a small fish. Therefor I do not think that the recent price hikes led to Exel being sold, and that is assuming it is not just a rumour.
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 16698 times:
Tornado82 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 16328 times:
So in essence then this is a misleading topic because the fuel prices did not cause an "airline" to "collapse." Buyouts like this are planned out long in advance... and this wouldn't be a "collapse" then.
Dogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 16131 times:
CV580Freak From Bahrain, joined Jul 2005, 1033 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 15500 times:
Rising fuel costs won't bother DHL too much as they immediately slap a 11% fuel surcharge on every invoice worldwide. 11% on a 500 gram envelope (multiply that by the 100,000's a day) and they are well covered.
Exel would only suffer the rising fuel costs for their vehicles and I am sure that they would levy a fuel surcharge as well.
Dogfighter, where abouts in God's Own are you or what radio station were you listening to ?.
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[Edited 2005-09-02 00:46:10]
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USAF336TFS From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 1412 posts, RR: 53 Reply 16, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 14987 times:
Quoting PanHAM (Reply 3): Deutsche Post / DHL bought Airborne Express in the USA last year.
Well, yes and no... DHL did purchase the GROUND operations of Airborne, but the cargo airline was spun off as ABX Air due to U.S laws prohibiting foreign ownership of U.S airlines. I believe their planes even have the DHL c/s, with an American flag, but if someone knows different, please correct me.
Regards,
Sal
336th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB
CV580Freak From Bahrain, joined Jul 2005, 1033 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 14596 times:
That's correct, DWPN (Deutsche Post) purchased the ground operations of Airborne Express. Due to the US laws governing foreign ownership of US airlines the Airborne airline was spun off and now operates as ABX air. DHL Airlines was also spun off and now operates as Astar.
Both airlines are contracted to move DHL freight within the USA and Canada plus Astar operates the transatlantic flights to Europe and onward to the Middle East.
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PanHAM From Germany, joined May 2005, 7768 posts, RR: 26 Reply 20, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 9186 times:
Quoting USAF336TFS (Reply 16):
Well, yes and no... DHL did purchase the GROUND operations of Airborne, but the cargo airline was spun off as ABX Air due to U.S laws prohibiting foreign ownership of U.S airlines. I believe their planes even have the DHL c/s, with an American flag, but if someone knows different, please correct me.
Regards,
Sal
well yes, but in fact Airborne is flying for DHL now. Whatever technical arrangements have been made to adjust this to the legal reality in the US, fact is that all the DC8s and 767s of Airborne will gradually be repainted in DHL yellow and red. It says in small letters then "operated by"..
That is basically the same set-up FX and UPS have in Euriope where they run a domestic service as well with the help of a number of smaller operators.
DHL is controlling the operations and they move the hub to the airpark in Wilmingtron which will then receive (or has already) MD11 service to Europe.
Quoting Adriaticus (Reply 18):
A cover-up of a violation of US airline ownership laws. It is being fought in courts after a conjoint (!) lawsuit filed by FedEx and UPS.
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Kindly explain to me why DHL should not be allowed to do in the US what FX and UPS are doing in Europe? I always thought that in our western societies laws apply to everyone alike.
Doona From Sweden, joined Feb 2005, 3706 posts, RR: 14 Reply 21, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 8606 times:
Quoting PanHAM (Reply 20): Kindly explain to me why DHL should not be allowed to do in the US what FX and UPS are doing in Europe? I always thought that in our western societies laws apply to everyone alike.
It's not an issue of what should and should not be allowed, it's just against the law.
But you're totally right, of course it's unfair. US laws are letting US companies get advantages SOMEWHERE ELSE, whilst not permitting foreign companies to do the same in the US. Sort of odd, when you consider that a couple of years ago I heard a US congressman on TV, claiming the the US 'is the free-est nation on the face of the Earth'.
Cheers
Mats
Sure, we're concerned for our lives. Just not as concerned as saving 9 bucks on a roundtrip to Ft. Myers.
PanHAM From Germany, joined May 2005, 7768 posts, RR: 26 Reply 22, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 8386 times:
Quoting Doona (Reply 21):
It's not an issue of what should and should not be allowed, it's just against the law.
But you're totally right, of course it's unfair. US laws are letting US companies get advantages SOMEWHERE ELSE, whilst not permitting foreign companies to do the same in the US. Sort of odd, when you consider that a couple of years ago I heard a US congressman on TV, claiming the the US 'is the free-est nation on the face of the Earth'.
Cheers
Mats
I am in the transport business and I can tell you that the Us of A are probably more regulated than India. They are light years away from beeing a Nation where free enterprise can really flourish.
The law says that foreign owners can own only a certain percentage of an airline. OK, that is the case, the former AEX, now Astar owns and operates the planes and charters them for daily flights to DHL. Where is the problem?
Same goes form the MD11 flights operated oin behalf of DHL by Lufthansa. They operate underr lH flight number but on certain routes like EMA/CVG they use Gemini MD11s because LH does not have traffic rights between the UK and the USA. Greetings from Bermuda II. Whoi is going to tell me which carrier to use between point A and B? I have used AC for freight from Germany to the USA over 30 years ago, hence recently I was reading here that AC is not allowed to transport passengers from BOS to SEA via YYZ.
Image there is a law that you cannot change planes on FRA on the way from STO to ROM, Or I could not use SK from FRA via STO to LED, be it for freight or passengers, nobody needs this kind of regulation.
DHL acts as a freight forwarder chartering planes, nothing more and nothing less. Same does FX and UPS over here on Europe and elsewhere in the World. I don't have shares in DHL and they are rather competition, but if FX and UPS succeed with their lobbying, I favor to cancel their rights in Europe reciprocally.
I am still optimistic that common sense will succeed. UPS and FX have such a strong market position in the USA that I really do not understand why they don't fight this out commercially. The US public should have a third choice when it comes to integrators and they should have still more choices when they need transport services an integrator cannot provide but a classic freight forwarder can.
CaptainStorck From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 66 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 3114 times:
Quoting PanHAM (Reply 22): Same goes form the MD11 flights operated oin behalf of DHL by Lufthansa. They operate underr lH flight number but on certain routes like EMA/CVG they use Gemini MD11s because LH does not have traffic rights between the UK and the USA
The Lufthansa MD11 flights are now going to ILN (Wilmington) 6x/week from EMA as DLH8280 and they are not Gemini aircraft; I have personally seen D-ALCH, D-ALCF, and D-ALCA (it is almost humorous to see these beautiful birds landing on a runway literally in the middle of a corn field)
Tornado82 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (7 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 2946 times:
Quoting CaptainStorck (Reply 23): (it is almost humorous to see these beautiful birds landing on a runway literally in the middle of a corn field)
Haha... it's not just a cornfield, the local NWS office and the Ohio Headwaters branch of the River Forecasting Center is there.
PS: Looked at your profile upon seeing you're a new user... I love Nashua! and let me be the first to say welcome to Airliners.net!
25 PanHAM: OK, the EMA flight is a continuation from CGN, I believe. They do have Gemini a/c on the job but they might be doing the runs from BRU. So ops have m
26 CaptainStorck: I agree, I think FedEx and UPS have become much too comfortable at the top. (Nothing personal against either one of those carriers)
27 Pilotpip: ABX is not repainting all of their aircraft in the DHL scheme. Some will go to a house paint as they are looking to expand their business through cont
28 UAcosCS: Maybe some commercial airlines will falter and fall.
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