DHL still talking to ABX
After months of airfreight media headlines about Deutsche Post subsidiary DHL’s exit from the US express market and as a result, up to 8,000 job losses at its current partners ABX Air and ASTAR Air cargo at Wilmington, Ohio, DHL now has indicated at least some short-term light for one or both companies.Last year, DHL said it was pulling out of Wilmington and hiring United Parcel Service to sort and fly DHL packages in the United States, but an agreement to negotiate exclusively with UPS now has expired and DHL says it is talking to other potential partners – including ABX.
"DHL has let us know they believe they will now need us through September to keep doing what we are doing. That is the only definite information we have from them," said ABX Air’s Beth Huber.
