New postal delivery system: Why there are no letters in the mailbox on some days
The Swiss Post met this requirement: in 2024 – in the last year of this obligation – it reached 84 percent according to its own figures.
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The Swiss Post met this requirement: in 2024 – in the last year of this obligation – it reached 84 percent according to its own figures. 95 percent had to be there on the next working day (E+2), here the Post 2024 was 96 percent. The average running time, i.e. the time between mailbox insertion and delivery, has slowed by about 0.6 days since 2024, said CEO Tobias Meyer of the German Press Agency in Bonn.
Furthermore, In 2024, the letters would have been delivered on successive days, now no more: On some days there are no more letters in the mailbox, because they are initially withheld and only delivered on the "Starktag". Instead, since 2025, 95 percent of the letters must be there on the third working day (E+3) and 99 percent on the fourth working day (E+4). Both mandatory values were tipped at the turn of the year 2025, because the time factor for letters in the digital age is no longer too important: urgent communication is made anyway via mails or chat messages.
In addition, In 2025, significant parts of a postal law amendment came into force, since then the legal time pressure on the post has weakened. Although the sending of letters has slowed down in Germany, Deutsche Post is not making use of a new legal leeway. The void has something to do with declining letter quantities in the digital age – and a new delivery system of the post office.
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The Swiss Post met this requirement: in 2024 – in the last year of this obligation – it reached 84 percent according to its own figures.
reliability low1/3 sources95 percent had to be there on the next working day (E+2), here the Post 2024 was 96 percent.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe average running time, i.e. the time between mailbox insertion and delivery, has slowed by about 0.6 days since 2024, said CEO Tobias Meyer of the German Press Agency in Bonn.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn 2024, the letters would have been delivered on successive days, now no more: On some days there are no more letters in the mailbox, because they are initially withheld and only delivered on the "Starktag".
reliability low1/3 sourcesInstead, since 2025, 95 percent of the letters must be there on the third working day (E+3) and 99 percent on the fourth working day (E+4).
reliability low1/3 sourcesBoth mandatory values were tipped at the turn of the year 2025, because the time factor for letters in the digital age is no longer too important: urgent communication is made anyway via mails or chat messages.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn 2025, significant parts of a postal law amendment came into force, since then the legal time pressure on the post has weakened.
reliability low1/3 sourcesAlthough the sending of letters has slowed down in Germany, Deutsche Post is not making use of a new legal leeway.
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The void has something to do with declining letter quantities in the digital age – and a new delivery system of the post office.
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