DHL Aviation

DHL Aviation

Type	division
Industry	Express Logistics, Air freight
Founded	1969
Headquarters	Cargo West, Derby, United Kingdom[1]
Key people	Charles Graham, Global CEO
Owner(s)	Deutsche Post
Parent	DHL Express
Website	DHL Express Division - Aviations

DHL Aviation is a division of DHL Express (owned by Deutsche Post DHL) responsible for providing air transport capacity. It is not a single airline but refers to several airlines owned, co-owned or chartered by DHL Express. In 2009, Deutsche Post World Net rebranded to Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL).

Overview

Deutsche Post owns four main airlines, which provide services by region:^[2]

• European Air Transport Leipzig is responsible for the major part of the European network and for longhaul services to the Middle East and Africa. From its hub at the Leipzig/Halle Airport it will operate a fleet of 11 Boeing 757 Freighters and 13 Airbus A300 Freighters (registered with Air Contractors).
• DHL Air UK is based at East Midlands Airport, was purchased by DHL in 1989, and has since 2000 been operating a fleet of 22 Boeing 757-200SF freighters on intra-European services. Since 2009, DHL Air UK has been operating a fleet of three new-built Boeing 767-300ERF Freighters, primarily on trans-atlantic routes. The airline has an order for a further three Boeing 767-300ERF aircraft, to be delivered in 2010 and 2011.
• DHL Aero Expreso is the subsidiary in Central and South America, operating a fleet of Boeing 727-200 Freighters in Central- and South America, as well as serving destinations in the Caribbean and Florida.
• SNAS/DHL handles Middle East destinations, operating a fleet of Boeing 727-200 freighters. The fleet is deployed throughout the Middle East and in Africa.

Air Contractors Airbus A300-200F, flown for DHL, landing at London Heathrow Airport. (2010)

It also owns the following smaller airlines:

• DHL de Guatemala, Guatemala City.
• Aero Express Del Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Deutsche Post also has stakes in the following airlines, some of which also operate under the DHL brand or livery:^[3]

• AeroLogic, Schkeuditz (Leipzig), Germany (50%).
• Air Hong Kong, Hong Kong (40%).
• ABX Air, Inc. Wilmington, OH, USA (0%, Contract).
• Astar Air Cargo, Miami, FL, USA (0%, Contract).
• Blue Dart Aviation, Chennai, India (32%).
• Polar Air Cargo, Purchase, NY, USA (49%).
• Southern Air, Norwalk, CT, USA (0%, Contract).
• Solenta Aviation, Johannesburg, South Africa (unknown).
• Tasman Cargo Airlines, Sydney, Australia (49%).

Astar Air Cargo was formerly known as DHL Airways (and therefore carries the ICAO airline designator DHL) but has been partially sold and renamed.

Fleet

A Tupolev Tu-204C operated for DHL by Aviastar-TU at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia.

DHL Express's global headquarters are part of the Deutsche Post headquarters in Bonn.

DHL Aviation Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet	Orders	Operator
Airbus A300B4-203F	13	0	Air Contractors
Airbus A300-600RF	0	13	European Air Transport Leipzig
ATR 42-300F	2	0	1 - Aero Express Del Ecuador 1 - DHL de Guatemala
Boeing 727-200F	9	0	3 - DHL Aero Expreso 6 - DHL International Aviation ME
Boeing 757-200SF	22	0	DHL Air UK
Boeing 757-23APF	1	0	European Air Transport Leipzig
Boeing 757-236SF	10	0	European Air Transport Leipzig
Tupolev Tu-204-100C	18	0	Aviastar-TU
Total	75	13

Accidents and incidents

• On June 6, 2011, a Solenta Aviation Antonov An-26 freighter flying for DHL Aviation crashed in the sea near Libreville, Gabon. Four people on board were rescued and transported to a local hospital, but were not seriously injured. ^[4]

References

1. ^ "Airline Membership". IATA. http://www.iata.org/membership/Pages/airline_members_list.aspx?All=true. 
2. ^ "DHL Airlines". DHL International GmbH. http://www.dhl.com/publish/g0/en/about/airline.high.html. Retrieved 2008-11-07. 
3. ^ "Participation list". Annual Financial Statements. Deutsche Post AG. http://investors.dpwn.de/en/investoren/publikationen/archiv/2008/finanzpublikationen/dpwn_participation_list_group_2007_hv.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-07. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "DHL cargo plane crashes in Gabon, no fatalities". BNO News. http://wireupdate.com/wires/17971/dhl-cargo-plane-crashes-in-gabon-no-fatalities/. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 

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