Royal Mail to halve charter flights

BTN News
Wednesday, 10 July 2024

The UK's Royal Mail parent company International Distribution Services (IDS), is pushing ahead with a transformation of the group despite its GBP3.57 billion takeover by its biggest shareholder EP Group.

Martin Seidenberg, the IDS ceo, plans “the biggest network change in 20 years” to revamp Royal Mail’s deliveries even as Czech energy tycoon Daniel Kretinsky’s Board-backed takeover continues.
As part of the overhaul, Royal Mail is cutting daily chartered flights transporting post around the UK by 50 per cent to 18 "to reduce costs and cut carbon emissions".

The move could save 30,000 tonnes of 'carbon dioxide equivalent' a year by shifting the post from air to road and cutting 1.2 million air miles.

The move to road transport means customers can hand over parcels as late as 1am for delivery that day.
The flights that are not being cut include journeys between East Midlands, Belfast and Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Scottish islands.

Royal Mail to halve charter flights

BTN News
Wednesday, 10 July 2024

The UK's Royal Mail parent company International Distribution Services (IDS), is pushing ahead with a transformation of the group despite its GBP3.57 billion takeover by its biggest shareholder EP Group.

Martin Seidenberg, the IDS ceo, plans “the biggest network change in 20 years” to revamp Royal Mail’s deliveries even as Czech energy tycoon Daniel Kretinsky’s Board-backed takeover continues.
As part of the overhaul, Royal Mail is cutting daily chartered flights transporting post around the UK by 50 per cent to 18 "to reduce costs and cut carbon emissions".

The move could save 30,000 tonnes of 'carbon dioxide equivalent' a year by shifting the post from air to road and cutting 1.2 million air miles.

The move to road transport means customers can hand over parcels as late as 1am for delivery that day.
The flights that are not being cut include journeys between East Midlands, Belfast and Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Scottish islands.