Hey guys (mostly customers in the Eastern USA states, some int'l, shipments via DHL only),
Some of you may be wondering why your package was shipped via DHL Monday and wasn't delivered Tuesday. Apparently the pilots from the company that is contracted to fly air cargo for DHL Express & Amazon went on a surprise strike early Tuesday morning (1 or so AM local time). This hugely affected the DHL Cincinnati sorting hub (main one, West coast shipments go through LAX Airport). As such, your shipment may be "on hold" and delayed for a day or two. I'm monitoring the progress and have requested for updates with my account manager. I see a few shipments are moving again and some have delivered today.
In regards to the shipments I sent out on Tuesday (yesterday), it seems like those shipments were held at the warehouse for further instruction as DHL didn't want more packages stuck at the Cincinnati sorting hub. I see they left at 6am today local time, presumably a reroute to LAX airport instead.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/pilots-strike-at-cargo-carrier-serving-dhl-amazon-com-1479821378Will keep you guys updated and hopefully this issue is resolved quickly.
In the meantime, I'm still packing and shipping out orders. Goal is still to have everything out within 2 weeks time.
Update: My DHL Rep called me and said that DHL has made alternative arrangements to have another 3rd party fly out their parcels. You may not get live tracking until it arrives to the DHL warehouse right before going out for delivery.