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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * WORLDWIDE - UPS flying some Europe-bound Asian freight to Istanbul, Turkey
Sandy Springs,GA,USA -Dow Jones/MBPC (Philippines) -April 19, 2010: -- United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) said Sunday that it has begun flying some Europe-bound Asian freight to Istanbul, Turkey, where it then will be trucked to its final destinations in a process expected to add up to three days to delivery schedules... The effort marks the latest contingency plan as cargo carriers deal with the flying ban over much of Northern and Central Europe stemming from a volcanic eruption in Iceland. The ensuing ash cloud has grounded passenger planes as well... UPS may look at opening a temporary air hub in Southern Europe, and then using trucks from there, if the flying ban looks like it is going to last more than a few more days... The main European hubs of UPS and FedEx Corp. (FDX) have been closed because of the ash cloud, although both have been able to continue moving freight throughout Europe by diverting to trucks... Getting cargo on and off the continent has been more problematic, however... (Photo from rootsweb.ancestry: Vulcano eruption, Iceland)
* USA - FedEx Resumes Europe Express Flights - TNT set to follow after first engine inspections show no ash
Sandy Springs,GA,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online -Apr 20, 2010: -- FedEx resumed flight operations at its European hub in Paris as the carrier and other express airlines began to work on clearing out the shipping backlog left by the shutdown of airspace under a cloud of volcanic ash... TNT also brought freighter aircraft that had been grounded around Europe back into its Liege, Belgium, hub and said it hoped to resume its air operations within Europe and internationally pending inspection of aircraft engines by Belgian authorities... A FedEx spokeswoman said suspended operations at the carrier’s hub at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport restarted on Monday night with one flight leaving the airport for FedEx’s Memphis, Tenn., hub and seven flights heading from the United States to Paris... With its hub at Cologne, Germany, still shut, UPS was using alternative airports for international shipments. UPS was flying cargo from the United States into Madrid and trucking to Cologne, said spokesman Norman Black, while Asia-origin shipments were stopping in Istanbul for a two-day truck trip to Germany... (Photo from JOC)
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