This week, DHL Global Forwarding released news that it is considering launching additional dedicated Asia-Pacific freighter routes, according to an interview with the forwarding’s giant’s U.S.-division CEO in Air Cargo News. DHL currently employs Atlas Air to operate 747 freighters that service its Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
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Regional postal service provider, POST Luxembourg, will be DHL Parcel’s newest partner in the logistics giant’s “Parcel Connect” service, which aims to capitalize on inter-European trade, especially of e-commerce cargo. The services will initially be limited to imports from Europe to Luxembourg, but “in a second phase,” will begin offering exports