With DHL, the German parcel carrier planning to stop using the services of Air Transport Services Group, the group said on Wednesday that it will have to force its main air cargo operator ABX Air shed about 6,000 or more jobs, if DHL does so. Most notably, the number noted by the airline works out to not less than 75 percent of the total staff forming part of the unit.On the other hand, DHL, the firm owned by German mail group Deutsche Post, has decided to make use of the services of United Parcel Service, one of the main rivals of Air Transport Services Group. The move from DHL comes forth as part of a USD$2 billion restructuring of its business that is making a loss in the United States.

The company has said recently that the carrying cargo for DHL provided not less than 73 percent of the revenue ensuing from the Air Transport Services for the first six months of this year. In the month of May, DHL noted that it had decided to terminate the services of 55 DC-9 aircraft operated by ABX on behalf of DHL during the course of the next 12 months.

On Wednesday, Air Transport Services filed a regulatory in which it had said that not less than 6,000 employees working in Wilmington, Ohio, will have to forego their jobs if DHL"s plan is implemented. At the outset, ABX is the largest operating unit of Air Transport, with about 8,000 staff in total.