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DHL Air's Early Arrival
DHL is on track for a September launch of its new U.S. air hub, but it still must improve its ground operations, according to the company's parent company Deutsche Post.
DHL's Wilmington, Ohio, air hub is under budget and on schedule to open in mid-September, a month earlier than originally planned.
Designed to rationalize DHL's two existing U.S. air networks, the hub is a key component in its U.S. turnaround strategy, DHL Express Joint CEO John Mullen said. The million-square-foot facility will have 124 jet ramp parking capacity and will be able to handle 455,000 pieces per hour or 1.7 million pieces per night. DHL also is eliminating redundancies in its hub and air networks that will see its air fleet reduced from 256 to 90 by October.
Deutsche Post also said DHL reached better than 97 percent on-time delivery for all products.
Despite the good news, DHL said it still needs to weed out unprofitable delivery operations and push its U.S. ground operations to achieve the same performance as the air division.
Last month, the company took a step towards improving its ground service when it began constructing its East Coast distribution facility in Allentown, Pa. DHL plans to use the $107 million, 290,000-square-foot facility, one of 19 new ground sort centers in the United States, as its hub for surface delivery in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
The site will be devoted entirely to truck operations, which DHL said it believes will anchor its domestic express growth. DHL said the facility would open in September 2006
DHL is on track for a September launch of its new U.S. air hub, but it still must improve its ground operations, according to the company's parent company Deutsche Post.
DHL's Wilmington, Ohio, air hub is under budget and on schedule to open in mid-September, a month earlier than originally planned.
Designed to rationalize DHL's two existing U.S. air networks, the hub is a key component in its U.S. turnaround strategy, DHL Express Joint CEO John Mullen said. The million-square-foot facility will have 124 jet ramp parking capacity and will be able to handle 455,000 pieces per hour or 1.7 million pieces per night. DHL also is eliminating redundancies in its hub and air networks that will see its air fleet reduced from 256 to 90 by October.
Deutsche Post also said DHL reached better than 97 percent on-time delivery for all products.
Despite the good news, DHL said it still needs to weed out unprofitable delivery operations and push its U.S. ground operations to achieve the same performance as the air division.
Last month, the company took a step towards improving its ground service when it began constructing its East Coast distribution facility in Allentown, Pa. DHL plans to use the $107 million, 290,000-square-foot facility, one of 19 new ground sort centers in the United States, as its hub for surface delivery in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
The site will be devoted entirely to truck operations, which DHL said it believes will anchor its domestic express growth. DHL said the facility would open in September 2006