Press release
TNT Express upgrates to Boeing 737 on Istanbul route
TNT Express - the world's leading business to business express carrier - has announced plans to introduce a Boeing 737-300F aircraft five days a week on its Liège – Istanbul – Liège route starting on 7th September 2004. The 737 replaces the smaller BAe146 aircraft that currently operates on this route.
The change – which is the result of an increase in consignment volumes on the route – will see the service continue to depart from Istanbul at 21:55 local time, but it will arrive at the company's European air hub in Liège 85 minutes earlier than before. The earlier arrival time will ensure greater connectivity with ongoing flights out of Liège and provide Turkish exporters with a faster and more reliable service. TNT customers exporting to Turkey will also benefit from earlier deliveries as the 737 will arrive in Istanbul at 0810 rather than 0940.
Christian Drenthen, Managing Director of TNT's Worldwide Networks said, "We are constantly looking at new ways to address the growing needs of our customers. By upgrading services into and out of Istanbul, we can offer a faster service when importing and exporting goods and are able to offer a Sameday service for document and non-document consignments to a greater number of customers in Turkey.
"The B-737 aircraft is a natural choice for the route in terms of capacity and range and allows us the flexibility to upgrade our services in line with rising consignment volumes."
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For further information please contact:
Ian Whitaker / Toby Nelson
TNT Express Press Office
RJH Public Relations
Tel: + 44 20 7491 2291
Email: ian@rjhpr.com / toby@rjhpr.com
David Hare
Divisional PR Director
Divisional Head Office
TNT Express
Mob: + 44 7836 785 728
Email: david.hare@tpg.com
Notes to editors
- TNT Express is the world's leading business to business express delivery company. The company delivers 3.3 million parcels, documents and pieces of freight a week to over 200 countries using its network of nearly 900 depots, hubs and sortation centres. TNT Express operates over 18,000 road vehicles and 43 aircraft and has the biggest door-to-door air and road express delivery infrastructure in Europe.
- TNT Express employs 43,000 staff worldwide and is the first ever organisation to achieve global recognition as an Investor in People. The company reported sales in 2003 of €4.251 billion. Profits of €169 million earned by TNT Express in the first six months of 2004 were higher by 43.2% than the same period in 2003 (€118 million). The TNT Express website is: www.tnt.com
- TNT Express is a division of TPG N.V., the global provider of express, mail and logistics services which also operates TNT Logistics and Royal TPG Post. With headquarters in The Netherlands TPG employs around 160,000 people in 64 countries and serves over 200 countries. TPG N.V. is listed on the Amsterdam, New York, London and Frankfurt stock exchanges. The TPG website is: www.tpg.com