TNT Express N.V. is an international express

Express mail

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 and cargo

Cargo

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 delivery services company with headquarters in Hoofddorp

Hoofddorp

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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. The firm has fully owned operations in 65 countries and delivers documents, parcels and pieces of freight to over 200 countries. The company recorded sales of over €7 billion in 2010.

Formerly an operating division of TNT N.V.

TNT N.V.

TNT N.V., more commonly known as TNT, is an international express and mail delivery services company with headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. In the Netherlands, TNT operates the national postal service under the name TNT Post. The group also offers postal services in eight other European...

, TNT Express was demerged from its parent company on 26 May 2011, taking a listing on the Euronext Amsterdam

Euronext

Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange based in Amsterdam and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. In addition to equities and derivatives markets, the Euronext group provides clearing and information services...

 Stock Exchange. TNT N.V. subsequently renamed itself PostNL

PostNL

PostNL is a mail, parcel and e-commerce corporation with operations in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. It is listed at Euronext Amsterdam. Formerly a subsidiary of TNT N.V., it became an independent company upon TNT's demerger in May 2011.- History :As decided by a general...

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Its major competitors include FedEx

FedEx

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, United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service

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 (UPS) and DHL

DHL

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. TNT Express aircraft operate under the IATA code of TAY (TNT Airways

TNT Airways

TNT Airways, a subsidiary of TNT Express, is a cargo and passenger airline, operating chartered flights to mainly European destinations...

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The company's chief executive officer

Chief executive officer

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 is Marie-Christine Lombard, who previously ran the unit when a part of TNT N.V. The other member of the Board of Management is chief financial officer

Chief financial officer

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 Bernard Bot.

Operations

TNT Express operates the largest express network by air and road in Europe

Europe

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, as well as TNT Airways

TNT Airways

TNT Airways, a subsidiary of TNT Express, is a cargo and passenger airline, operating chartered flights to mainly European destinations...

, an international cargo airline

Cargo airline

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. TNT Express employs more than 78,000 people, flies 48 aircraft, runs about 26,000 road vehicles, and has a worldwide network of more than 2,400 depots and hubs.