Amazon, DHL delivery pilots ordered to end strike for retail peak

New York

PILOTS for the Air Transport Services Group Inc (ATSG) unit that hauls packages for Amazon.com Inc and DHL Worldwide Express were ordered back to work by a federal judge, halting a strike that threatened to disrupt holiday deliveries.

US District Judge Timothy Black in Cincinnati gave a nod to the holiday shopping rush in granting ABX Air's request for a temporary restraining order for pilots to return to the cockpit.

"The public expects that purchases and shipments will be delivered in a timely fashion," Judge Black said in Wednesday's ruling. "Absent an injunction, ABX, its customers and the public wil…