Star Air (Denmark) (Copenhagen Kastrup) is facing a potential Do-Or-Die situation when its 10-year contract with global logistics chain UPS expires later in the year. According to a report on CargoFacts, with the very difficult European cargo market beginning to take its toll, rivals West Atlantic (United Kingdom) (NPT, Nottingham East Midlands), Farnair Switzerland (Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, CH) and Air Contractors (Dublin International) of the ASL Aviation Group are all likely to put in bids, despite none of them currently having the haulage capacity - the equivalent of eleven B767-200(F)s as in Star Air's case - required to adequately fulfil the contract. While the contract must necessarily be awarded to a European registered carrier, it is believed US-based Air Transport Services Group Inc could also tender, albeit in an ACMI capacity. The report further speculates that should Star Air fail to secure a renewal of the vital contract, parent firm Maersk could exit the air freight market altogether with Star Air potentially being put up for sale. Though headquartered in Copenhagen, Star Air's primary hub is at Cologne/Bonn in Germany where UPS has its main European hub.