DHL said it has introduced the most competitive service available for urgent next day documentsfrom New York City to major European destinations. Customers in financial services, banking,
insurance, advertising, publishing, or other industries where document delivery is critical can nowreceive next day delivery to nine major business centers across Europe at no additional cost.Available for customers with shipments originating from lower Manhattan, DHL’s next daydelivery trip begins with the pickup of urgent material by courier for transfer to the DHLhelicopter pad in New York City. Shipments are then flown by helicopter directly to John F. Kennedy(JFK) airport, avoiding New York City traffic. From there, they move on flights bound for ninecities in Europe.
Available Monday thru Thursday, the new offering gives customers the ability to get theirshipments delivered next business day from New York City to Amsterdam, Holland; Brussels, Belgium;Dublin, Ireland; Frankfurt, Germany; Geneva, Switzerland; London, England; Madrid, Spain; Paris,France; and Zurich, Switzerland. Next day by 12:00 noon delivery is available to some of the mainfinancial centers in Europe.
“The Interdependence between the US and Europe and volume of transactions between thebusiness centers of both requires a service that can facilitate time critical transactions,” saidLindsay Birley, executive vice president of International, for DHL. “Customers in New York Citywith urgent material for their European branches or European customers can now receive the mostcompetitive offering available in the industry. DHL’s next day service to Europe is one of manyways DHL is enhancing its offerings from, to, and within the US that are uniquely built around ourcustomers’ needs,” she continued.
For more than two decades, DHL has been leveraging its Manhattan helicopter to serve thefinancial district, and is the only express shipper to provide continual same day and overnightdelivery of cash letters from Europe and Asia to the US banking system — a service vital to theworld’s leading financial institutions. By cutting as much as a day off the time in transit forthese shipments, financial institutions and their customers can save millions of dollars each yearin otherwise lost interest and delayed business transactions.
