PostNL to press ahead with plans for longer delivery times

Dutch mail delivery firm PostNL has said it will press ahead with plans to relax delivery targets and aim to deliver letters and cards within 48 hours rather than 24, despite opposition in parliament. PostNL’s mail chief Maurice Unck told the AD in an interview on Friday that the company has no choice. “We have two options,” he said. “Either more subsidy or a 48-hour delivery time.” Earlier this week eonomic affairs minister Dirk Beljaarts retracted a decision to allow...