South Africa Post Office (SAPO) has signed an agreement with Ethiopian Airlines to provide airmail services to additional international destinations. The partnership will enable SAPO to deliver and receive mail from China.
Ethiopian Air will deliver the mail four times a week to its hub in Addis Ababa from where mail will be transported to all African countries, excluding those sharing a border with South Africa where mail will continue to be delivered by road.
Anoosh Rooplal, SAPO business rescue practitioner, said “With the new partnership, we intend to clear all the back log mail to China and the respective African countries during February.”
Outgoing international airmail services, which include Expedited Mail Service, Airmail parcels and Airmail Registers, can be tracked via the SAPO website.
SAPO also has a partnership with Swiss, which provides international mail services to Europe and Japan. Airmail destined for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands is transported by Qantas Airways, which also provides services to Southeast Asian countries.
“We are working to partner with an additional airline to handle the North America airmail demand. In the meantime, Ethiopian Airlines and Swiss Air will service this route, albeit with limited capacity,” Rooplal added.