DHL Aviation

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DHL Aviation Airbus A300B4-200F in a previous colour scheme landing at London Heathrow Airport, England
DHL Aviation Airbus A300B4-200F in a previous colour scheme landing at London Heathrow Airport, England
DHL Aviation Airbus A300B4-200 in current colours takes off from London Luton Airport, England
DHL Aviation Airbus A300B4-200 in current colours takes off from London Luton Airport, England

DHL Aviation N.V. (IATA: , ICAO: DHV, and Callsign: ) is a cargo airline owned by DHL.

Its main hub is at Brussels Airport, opened in 1985.

Smaller (sub-hubs) are located in :

The company flies with Airbus A300 and Boeing 757 aircraft within Europe and also provides links in the DHL Network to the USA (New York JFK) and the Middle East (Bahrain). For smaller routes Convair and Lockheed planes are used as well. The ageing Boeing 727 and Douglas DC-8 are slowly being phased out.

DHL uses ABX Air and Astar Air Cargo as the primary air carriers within its United States network.

On July 1st 2002 a DHL Boeing 757 collided with Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154 over Überlingen, Germany (near Lake Constance), killing all 71 aboard both aircraft.

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