Documents and parcels given extra care by world-wide network

Press, 23 July 1986, Page 31

Documents and parcels given extra care by world-wide network

TNT (Thomas Nationwide Transport) Skypak is one of the largest international courier groups in the world and the only one to focus 100 per cent of its resources on international services. The company operates more than 300 branch offices in more than 50 countries. A courier package can collected at 7 p.m. and placed aboard an 8 p.m. flight The courier pouches are handled as passanger baggage, quickly unloaded, and brought to customs in the baggage area for clearance. In-bound packages are usually in the hands of the local TNT Skypack office minutes after arrival and delivery is effected soon afterwards. Each office is staffed by TNT personnel committed to the personal handling of urgent document and package consignmcnts. v Complete control,

security, reliability and predictability of transit times is the basis of the company's operation. This can only be achieved through a world-wide network of experienced personnel employed by a single company. Few other courier companies provide this kind of controlled world-wide service.

With the provision of a desk-to-desk service, delivery times and standards differ from those provided by express or aircargo services. TNT Skypak handles its document and package items on an individual and expedited basis. Items generally move in courier-escorted pouches which are placed aboard aircraft as passenger baggage.

The advantages of this system are numerous — later flight check-in times because baggage is the last item to be put aboard a departing aircraft, and faster retrieval of items because passenger hag-

gage is the first to be removed. The company operates entirely within the framework of its own offices and personnel to ensure full control over packages during every step of the journey. TNT has constantly invested its assets in product improvement, making the service more suited to the needs of the market The latest product to be introduced is a “worldwide computerised proof and confirmation of delivery” service. This enables Skypak to answer clients’ urgent queries. Nearing completion, the system already operates across the North Atlantic, linking the United States and Europe. Now a major force in the international courier industry, TNT Skypak has developed a sophisticated network of offices around the world geared to meet the stringent requirements of providing high-speed, reliable, world-wide parcel and document delivery service.