STRENGTHS
LARGE AMOUNT OF SERVICES
ABX offers a large amount of services. The company runs a network of 19 hubs for DHL, providing package sorting and handling. ABX develops shipments ranging from individual letters to shipper-packaged pallets of electronic tools, retail catalogues, movies and pharmaceuticals.
Using aircraft, the company supports DHL in providing domestic express delivery services for cargo usually requiring next day delivery. The organisation also provides cargo transportation and aircraft-related services to customers other than DHL.
The company suggests ACMI and on-demand charter services to freight forwarders and other most important shippers. ABX puts up for sale aircraft parts through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Airborne FTZ, which is ASA 100 approved reseller and broker of aircraft parts. ABX also supplies maintenance and repair services and conducts flight-training services for its consumers. The company is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official repair station. Moreover, the company runs a sorting facility for the US Postal Service and has also provided cargo transportation and sorting services to the US Postal Service. ABX has been leveraging its wide range of services to expand its client base.
GROWING NON-DHL BUSINESS
ABX has been focusing on expanding its sources of revenues and earnings, since its separation from Airborne in 2003.The company’s diversification strategy consists of selling charter/ACMI services and unused air cargo space to freight forwarders and shippers. In addition, ABX has been awarded agreements by the USPS to transport and sort mail. In September 2004, the company received a contract to run a sort facility for the USPS through September 2006.
During 2006 ABX’s ...