Dhl Still Backing Strasbourg As Rhine Hub

Strasbourg remains our firm choice and we are still hopeful of a fourth quarter 1996 start-up. However, if we went into 1997 awaiting a decision, the chances are our plans would be put under serious review, DHL Aviation's business development manager, Steven Lewis, said.

Although 20,000 protest signatures have been collected in recent weeks against the hub according to local sources, the Strasbourg chamber of commerce