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David's description applies to shipping companies that do all their own air transport themselves.
The alternative method for mail and small items is for the shipping company to pay a budget airline to carry crates of mail, and at the destination airport a shipping company employee receives the crates airside. This is why hold luggage costs so much on budget airlines: less luggage, more money from carrying mail.
Airlines are still flying empty planes to ensure they don't lose their takeoff and landing slots and to keep pilot hours up.
Emyr
@withered_preacher
Must be heavily affected by covid though, German parcels to me have for years been very quick. Anyway I’ll shut up now.