DHL Aviation
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| IATA code : | QY |
| ICAO code : | BCS |
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Zaventem , Belgium
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| Home airport : | Leipzig / Halle Airport |
| Company form: | SA |
| Management: | Charles Graham ( CEO ) |
| Fleet size: | 199 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | aviationcargo.dhl.com |
DHL Aviation N.V./S. A. (formerly DHL Worldwide Express ) is a Belgian cargo airline based in Zaventem and based at Leipzig / Halle Airport . It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG . DHL Aviation is the largest cargo-only airline in Europe and the third largest air cargo company in the world by fleet size . DHL Aviation is not an aviation company within the meaning of EU regulation 1008/2008.
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DHL Aviation emerged from the former DHL Operations B.V. after the relocation of the European air freight hub from Brussels to Leipzig / Halle Airport in spring 2008 and the associated establishment of European Air Transport Leipzig in Schkeuditz initially only as a maintenance company. Until 2010, the headquarters of European Air Transport , DHL's largest European cargo airline, remained in Brussels , as did the headquarters of DHL Aviation. In March 2010, EAT Brussels aircraft were transferred to the cargo airlines Air Contractors and European Air Transport Leipzig. The European Air Transport in Brussels was dissolved and taken over by the European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH. DHL Aviation is just a superordinate structural unit that does not have its own machines.
Holdings
DHL Aviation is not an airline, but an umbrella organization for various airlines in many parts of the world, most of which are wholly or partly owned by DHL or Deutsche Post. These include:
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Europe
- DHL Aviation (France) SAS, Charles-de-Gaulle , France
- DHL Aviation (Italy) Srl, Milan , Italy
- DHL Aviation (Netherlands) BV, Amersfoort , Netherlands
- DHL Aviation (UK) Limited, Hounslow , Great Britain
- DHL Aviation NV / SA, Zaventem , Belgium
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America
- DHL Aviation (Costa Rica) SA, San José , Costa Rica
- DHL Aviation Americas, Inc., Plantation , USA
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Asia
- DHL Aviation (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- DHL Aviation (Philippines), Inc., Makati City , Philippines
- DHL Aviation Services (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai , China
- DHL Aviation EEMEA BSC, Manama , Bahrain
- Africa
- DHL Aviation (Maroc) SA, Casablanca , Morocco
- DHL Aviation (Nigeria) Ltd., Lagos , Nigeria
- DHL Aviation (Pty) Limited, Johannesburg , South Africa
- DHL Aviation Kenya Ltd., Nairobi , Kenya
Deutsche Post operates four main airlines that offer services worldwide and are wholly owned by Post:
- European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH, Schkeuditz, Germany, responsible for the main part of the European network
- DHL Air UK , Hounslow, United Kingdom , responsible for additional services within Europe
- DHL Aero Expreso SA, Panama City , Panama, responsible for Central and South America
- SNAS / DHL , Muharraq , Bahrain, responsible for the Middle East traffic
Some of the EAT Brussels aircraft have been taken over by Air Contractors , who are responsible for long-haul flights to the Middle East and Africa.
DHL Aviation itself has a fleet of over 100 aircraft of various types, but also leases aircraft or cargo space from other freight companies, depending on requirements. Deutsche Post also owns shares in the following airlines, some of which also fly under the DHL brand:
- Aero Express del Ecuador (TransAm) Ltda., Guayaquil , Ecuador (100% owned by Deutsche Post)
- Aerologic GmbH, Leipzig , Germany (50%)
- Air Hong Kong Ltd., Hong Kong (40%)
- Blue Dart Aviation Limited, Chennai , India (49%)
- DHL de Guatemala SA, Guatemala City , Guatemala (49%)
- Polar Air Cargo Worldwide Inc., New York City , USA (49%)
- Tasman Cargo Airlines Pty. Ltd., Victoria , Australia (48.98%)
The former American cargo airline Astar Air Cargo was called DHL Airways from 1983 and therefore also carried the ICAO code DHL . It was sold by Deutsche Post in 2003 and then got its old name back, but for a long time flew almost exclusively for DHL. After the expiry of the contract with DHL on June 1, 2012, Astar Air Cargo ceased operations. The remaining eight Douglas DC-8s were decommissioned. The US company ABX Air also works for DHL. Both were or are the largest cargo airlines of DHL, which are not owned by Deutsche Post. In India, the cargo airline Blue Dart Aviation Limited , a subsidiary of Blue Dart Express Limited Mumbai, operates cargo flights independently. Blue Dart Aviation, in turn, is partially owned by Deutsche Post.
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As of January 2017, the fleet that flies for DHL Aviation consists of 199 cargo planes:
| Aircraft type | number | operator | Capacity (in t ) |
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| Airbus A300-600RF | 31 | 10 | Air Hong Kong | 54 |
| 21st | EAT Leipzig | |||
| ATR 42-300F | 9 | 1 | DHL de Guatemala | 5.5 |
| 1 | DOT LT | |||
| 3 | Solenta Aviation | |||
| 4th | Swiftair | |||
| ATR 72-200F | 8th | 3 | DHL Aviation South Africa | |
| 1 | Solenta Aviation | |||
| 4th | Swiftair | |||
| Boeing 737-300SF | 3 | 3 | Cargo Air | 14.8 |
| Boeing 737-400SF | 18th | 3 | Allied Air | 29.6 |
| 4th | Cargo Air | |||
| 5 | Southern Air | |||
| 6th | Swiftair | |||
| Boeing 747-400F | 7th | 7th | Polar Air Cargo | 124.3 |
| Boeing 747-8F | 5 | 5 | 132.6 | |
| Boeing 757-200PF | 28 | 4th | DHL Aero Expreso | 39.7 |
| 6th | EAT Leipzig | |||
| 8th | Air Transport International | |||
| 8th | DHL Air UK | |||
| 1 | SNAS / DHL | |||
| 1 | Tasman Cargo Airlines | |||
| Boeing 757-200SF | 20th | 4th | EAT Leipzig | 30.7 |
| 15th | DHL Air UK | |||
| 1 | SNAS / DHL | |||
| Boeing 767-200F | 37 | 20th | ABX Air | 42 |
| 6th | Air Transport International | |||
| 9 | Atlas Air | |||
| 2 | SNAS / DHL | |||
| Boeing 767-300ERF | 16 | 9 | ABX Air | 53.6 |
| 3 | DHL Air UK | |||
| 4th | Polar Air Cargo | |||
| Boeing 777F | 6th | 6th | Southern Air | 102.8 |
| Embraer EMB 120 | 10 | 10 | Swiftair | 3.3 |
| Tupolev Tu-204-100C | 1 | 1 | Aviastar TU | 21st |
| total | 199 | |||
Furthermore, DHL Aviation has access to a large number of partner companies with smaller aircraft that transport freight from larger locations to small airports. There are also aircraft that are rented for individual cargo flights. In total, Deutsche Post and its partner companies can access a fleet of more than 350 aircraft (as of 2007).
Incidents
- On July 1, 2002, a Boeing 757-200 collided with a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 M in the Überlingen aircraft collision . There were no survivors.
- On November 22, 2003, an Airbus A300B4-203F on European Air Transport flight OO-DLL was hit by an anti-aircraft missile while taking off from Baghdad . The crew was able to initiate a safe emergency landing.
See also
literature
- BI Hengi: Airlines Worldwide , 9th updated edition from 2018, Nara, ISBN 978-3-925671-69-2 , p. 136
Web links
- DHL Aviation website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 1008/2008
- ↑ Luftfahrt-Bundesamt - LBA grants operating license for European Air Transport, March 31, 2010
- ↑ a b Annual Financial Statements (HGB): List of shareholdings, December 31, 2013 ( Memento from August 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file, English) Annex 5, p. 61 ff., Deutsche Post AG, Bonn
- ↑ Connecting the world by air ( Memento from April 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) - DHL's list of airlines
- ↑ wcpo.com - Astar USA to shut down its DHL operations, layoffs expected, June 4, 2012 (English)
- ↑ Individual proofs by airline at planespotters.net/airfleets.net (English), accessed on January 7, 2017
- ↑ aviationcargo.dhl.com - Fleet Information (English), accessed on January 7, 2017
- ↑ Deutsche Post AG - Annual Report 2007 ( Memento from August 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
