DHL Aviation
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| DHL Airways | ||
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| IATA ER |
ICAO DHL |
Callsign DahL |
| Founded | 1969 (as DHL)[1] | |
| Commenced operations | 1982[1] | |
| Hubs | 36 worldwide | |
| Fleet size | 350 | |
| Destinations | 4,700 | |
| Parent company | Deutsche Post | |
| Company slogan | Express & Logistics. We move the world |
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| Headquarters |  Bonn, Germany (Global).svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Brussels, Belgium (Europe) Plantation, Florida (Americas) Singapore (Asia Pacific) Bahrain (EEMEA) |
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| Key people | Frank Appel (CEO), Adrian Dalsey (co-founder), Larry Hillblom (co-founder), and Robert Lynn (co-founder) |
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| Website: www.dhl.com | ||
DHL Aviation (doing business as DHL Worldwide Express) is the aviation subsidiary of DHL. DHL Aviation owns (in whole or in part) and provides aviation-related services to a number of airlines carrying DHL freight around the world. DHL Aviation is based in Brussels, Belgium, where its largest subsidiary, European Air Transport is also located. However, the new Intercontinental hub will be based in Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany, with daily flights through Brussels and all major cities in Europe. EAT Headquarters remains in Brussels and will continue to be DHL’s major European airline.
Other airlines in which DHL Aviation has a stake include:
- Air Hong Kong
- Asian Express Airlines
- DHL Aero Expreso
- DHL Air
- DHL Aviation (Pvt)
- DHL De Guatemala
- DHL Ecuador
- DHL International Aviation ME
- Polar Air Cargo
- SNAS Aviation
- Solenta Aviation
DHL Aviation has a fleet of over 70 aircraft, ranging from Cessna to Airbus A300 freighters. In addition to DHL Aviation, DHL relies on leasing and block-space agreements with other carriers to complete its air network.
ABX Air and Astar Air Cargo, the two largest DHL freight carriers, operate almost exclusively for DHL but are not owned by DHL Aviation in order to comply with US laws that restrict the right to operate domestic flights to airlines owned and controlled by US citizens or US corporations. FedEx and UPS both attempted to convince the US Department Of Transport that DHL's quasi exclusive use of the ABX Air and Astar Air Cargo fleets amounted to actual control, but the Department Of Transport found that both airlines were free to contract with any other entity beyond DHL and to augment their fleet at their choosing, and so that both carriers were free to reduce their reliance on DHL freight at any time, hence not under control of DHL.
In India, DHL uses Blue Dart Aviation, a subsidiary of Blue Dart Express, itself owned by DHL Worldwide. On the African side, DHL uses Solenta Aviation for its flights between South-Africa and Zimbabwe.
[edit] Fleet
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- Airbus A300
- Antonov An-26B
- ATR ATR-42-300
- Beechcraft 1900C
- Beechcraft 1900D
- Boeing 727-200/Adv(F)
- Boeing 737-200C/Adv
- Boeing 757-200(SF)
- Boeing 767-200(BDSF)
- Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- McDonnell Douglas DC-8-60PF(F)
- McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73(F)
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41
- Saab 340A
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- 1 July 2002: DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757, collided with Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 over Germany, killing all people on board both aircraft.
- 22 November 2003: Men attacked a DHL flight during the 2003 Baghdad DHL shootdown incident - The Airbus A300 landed safely after a missile struck one of the wings.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Norwood, Tom; Wegg, John (2002). North American Airlines Handbook, 3rd, Sandpoint, ID: Airways International. ISBN 0-9653993-8-9.
