PostNL will increase the rates for sending mail from July, the company announced when presenting its quarterly results. The price of a stamp will increase by 5 cents to 1.14 euros as of July 1.It is the second time the postal company has raised the price of a stamp this year. The cost of a stamp jumped by nearly 9 percent from 1.01 to 1.09 euros on January 1.
Deutsche Post will no longer use aircraft to carry letters within Germany after more than six decades of doing so. The move aims to cut costs and reduce CO2 emissions but it will also mean slower delivery.
Deutsche Post continues to have problems meeting government requirements for its branch network. At the end of February, there were 125 so-called unoccupied mandatory locations, the Federal Network.
As a result of the planned reform of the Postal Act, sending a letter is likely to take considerably longer in future. This is because there are no signs of any significant resistance from the various.