International postal operators have fully resumed their delivery services after majordisruptions due to the ash cloud caused by the Icelandic volcano last week. Both USPS and Swiss
Post confirmed that mail can be delivered again without delays.USPS said: “With the reopening of international airports across Europe, full service forinternational mail has resumed, and the temporary restriction imposed by the U.S. Postal Servicesince April 21 on the acceptance of perishable items for delivery to the continent has beenlifted.”
The US postal operator added that the service guarantees for Express Mail International(EMI) and Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) to all destinations have resumed.
“We appreciate the patience of our customers while the airport closings were in effect,” saidPranab Shah, managing director and vice president, Global Business. “It was an unprecedentedsituation, and despite the challenges, we were able to establish alternate transportation channelsto keep mail moving both inbound and outbound to many areas of the continent.”
Separately, Swiss Post has issued a press release saying that the volcanic ash cloud is nolonger affecting its mail operations with shipments from and to Switzerland being processed withoutdelays again.
The Swiss postal operator claimed it was able to minimise the negative impact of the volcanocrisis on its customers thanks to the strong international network, cooperation with logisticspartners and flexible use of transport chains. All shipments have been delivered safely tocustomers, Swiss Post added.
International postal services have returned to normal just a few days after the Europeanaviation crisis caused by the volcano Eyjafjallajökull came to an end.
Swiss Post is now able to process and deliver all items handed in for international deliveryfrom and to Switzerland without delays providing the usual high-quality standard. All items handedin during the volcano crisis have since been delivered without any backlogs remaining.
Due to the temporary closure of airspace in many European countries including Switzerland,transporting mail by air was virtually impossible or possible only to a very limited degree forseveral days. As a result, published delivery deadlines for cross-border postal traffic within, toand from Europe could not be met. Domestic and intra-European shipments usually transported by airwere delivered by road wherever possible and appropriate. The mail handling processes betweenSwitzerland and other European countries thus took longer than usual but they have never beeninterrupted. This helped prevent major backlogs, Swiss Post added.
