DHL shrink to profitability

[Airbus300]

I guess it was ok to be optimistic about running a sort Saturday morning, but at 3:30 am while facing zero zero conditions riding in the crew van...that is when I would have pulled the plug on the operation. It was bad, icey, lots of snow drifts, and no freight at all being delivered to the airplanes. 6 am departures finally departed around 2p.m. The drive to the airport was also very bad....the snow plows didn't even bother plowing hwy 73.

Let's face it, DHL made a bad choice when they rejected ABX's suggestion to cancel the sort. Most of the ground equipment (including K-loaders) isn't really designed to operate in several inches of snow, much less what fell. Hard to get the freight off the airplanes and into the sort, hard to get it back onto the airplanes. Less sorters and ramp workers due to level 3 snow emergency declared by the sheriff. Some of the ramp and sorters had to be used to run snow removal equipment to kee the airport open.

 

[Chubaka]

Just have Hete de-ice the whole airpark like he usually does. That will get rid of all the snow.

 

[nitefr8dog]

Just have Hete de-ice the whole airpark like he usually does. That will get rid of all the snow.

To bad he does not get any markup for deice fluid then he could make some money on it!

 

[nitefr8dog]

I guess it was ok to be optimistic about running a sort Saturday morning, but at 3:30 am while facing zero zero conditions riding in the crew van...that is when I would have pulled the plug on the operation. It was bad, icey, lots of snow drifts, and no freight at all being delivered to the airplanes. 6 am departures finally departed around 2p.m. The drive to the airport was also very bad....the snow plows didn't even bother plowing hwy 73.

Let's face it, DHL made a bad choice when they rejected ABX's suggestion to cancel the sort. Most of the ground equipment (including K-loaders) isn't really designed to operate in several inches of snow, much less what fell. Hard to get the freight off the airplanes and into the sort, hard to get it back onto the airplanes. Less sorters and ramp workers due to level 3 snow emergency declared by the sheriff. Some of the ramp and sorters had to be used to run snow removal equipment to kee the airport open.

Tough call but Federal and UPS ran their sorts and had the same amount of delays. I guess you do not want to be the only one to cancel!

 

[fodc8]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Deutsche Post Income Dives[/FONT]
Analysts are predicting a substantial overhaul in DHL Express operations in the United States in the wake of a poor quarterly report Thursday by European parent Deutsche Post.
Deutsche Post reported a net income of $390 million, a drop of 61 percent compared to a year ago.
DHL Express posted a worldwide fourth-quarter earnings loss of $630 million due in large part to an estimated $874 million writedown of U.S. operations.
Despite the losses - and calls by financial analysts to pull the troubled DHL operations out of the United States - Deutsche Post remained publicly steadfast denouncing any such exit plan.
Frank Appel - named Deutsche Post CEO last month after Klaus Zumwinkel resigned amid allegations of tax evasion - said during a press conference announcing the parent company's quarterly results, "U.S. operations are an 'integral part' of Deutsche Post's global business and the company has 'narrowed down' options for the division.
Those options, says analyst Ed Wolfe of Bear Sterns, include closing 85 small ground and air terminals -- as much as 25 percent of its U.S. capacity.
Details of the DHL restructuring plan are expected to be released within a week.
Michael Fabey
Traffic World

 

[Airbus300]

I guess you are right. It was just painful to watch, though. I hope no one got hurt. Saw an ambulance on the ramp, but I guess that is a regular occurance.

 

[Chubaka]

No wonder John Dasburg never comes to see us in Wilmington. He came up here one time, looked around for a couple of hours, left, and hasn't been seen since.

 

[shooter]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Deutsche Post Income Dives[/FONT]
Analysts are predicting..........

Those options, says analyst Ed Wolfe of Bear Sterns, include closing 85 small ground and air terminals -- as much as 25 percent of its U.S. capacity.
Details of the DHL restructuring plan are expected to be released within a week.
Michael Fabey
Traffic World

Who is this guy and when did he take Appel's position?

 

[flyinboxes]

Home is even better...

 

[hvydriver]

Who is this guy and when did he take Appel's position?

That's the name of the reporter Shooter.

 

[erichartmann]

That's the name of the reporter Shooter.

Unh Hvy, I think Shooter was being a bit sarcastic, since the guys comments appear to be in contradiction to the overview comments in the DP annual report.

 

[ABXbooger]

Alright, how many of you other poor suckers got to enjoy ILN this weekend?

 

[Chubaka]

How on earth is it possible to lose that much money. That's more than the GDP of South America and Africa combined. I bet Zumwinkle has it squirrelled away in a Swiss bank account.

 

[hvydriver]

Alright, how many of you other poor suckers got to enjoy ILN this weekend?

14" total snowfall. It was glorious.

 

[Chubaka]

Hey, didn't John Holmes have 14".