EXHIBIT 99-1

Contact:    Drew Kronick, Vice President                Joel Pomerantz
            Consolidated Delivery & Logistics, Inc.     The Dilenschneider Group
            (973) 471-1005                              (212) 922-0900



                CONSOLIDATED DELIVERY & LOGISTICS, INC. ACQUIRES
                             WESTWIND EXPRESS, INC.,
                   A LEADING CALIFORNIA-BASED DELIVERY COMPANY

                 Major Boost For CD&L's West Coast Market Share


          CLIFTON,  N.J., May 6, 1999 -- In a move to significantly increase its
market  presence  on the West Coast,  Consolidated  Delivery &  Logistics,  Inc.
(AMEX:CDV),  one of the world's largest  providers of customized,  time-critical
air and ground  delivery  services,  today  announced it has  acquired  Westwind
Express, Inc.  headquartered in Newbury Park,  California.  A leading West Coast
same-day delivery service,  Westwind Express has operating  branches in many key
California  markets  as  well  as in  Missouri.  Westwind,  the  Company's  24th
acquisition  since CD&L was organized in late l995,  generated  approximately $7
million in annual revenues last year.

          Current  Westwind  locations  include  Van  Nuys,   Ontario,   Fresno,
Sacramento  and  Palmdale,  California  plus  offices in Kansas City and Lexena,
Missouri. CD&L has

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existing air and ground facilities in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Rosa,
California as well as Seattle, Washington and Kansas City, Missouri.

          CD&L  Chairman and CEO Albert W. Van Ness Jr.  commented:  "This is an
important  acquisition  for  CD&L as we  continue  to  build  out  our  national
strategy.  It provides us with an increased  market  presence on the West Coast,
one of the nation's  largest and busiest  markets.  Westwind brings  exceptional
management,  an excellent reputation,  and a history of improving profitability.
It is a model of a  superbly-run,  forward-looking  regional  delivery  company,
enjoying an excellent reputation for customer service."

          William  Brannan,  CD&L  President,  noted that Steve Keihner,  son of
Westwind's founder, James Keihner, and now president of the company, will become
CD&L's West Coast  Regional  Manager  overseeing  the combined CD&L and Westwind
businesses.  He will be joined by  former  Westwind  Director  of  Finance  Teri
McMullin and Director of Operations Fred Tepstein.

          Consolidated Delivery & Logistics,  Inc. headquartered in Clifton, New
Jersey is a full-service, same-day ground and air delivery and logistics company
with 70 offices in 24 states and the District of Columbia.  The Company utilizes
nearly  3,500  employees  and utilizes  over 1,400  independent  contractors  in
providing time  sensitive  delivery  services to thousands of  businesses.  This
press release  contains  certain  forward-looking  statements  regarding  future
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on the Company's future business development.  These forward-looking  statements
involve  certain  risks and  uncertainties  that may cause the actual  events or
results  to differ  materially  from  those  indicated  by such  forward-looking
statements.  Potential risks and  uncertainties  include without  limitation the
risk that revenues and profits of the acquired  company will decrease or fail to
improve over historical results, or that the Company's  management group will be
unable to  effectively  and profitably  integrate the acquired  business or that
management of Westwind will be unable to effectively  manage the larger combined
CD&L-Westwind  West Coast  operation  or will be unable to maintain its level of
customer  services or maintain  its market  presence or that the Company will be
unable to achieve its national strategy  contemplated by the Company's  business
management strategy or other risks specified in the Company's SEC filings.