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DHL Aviation EEMEA B.S.C. (C)
File:DHL Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Call sign
ES[1] DHX[1] DILMUN[1]
Founded1979
AOC #BH-03
HubsBahrain International Airport
Secondary hubsDubai International Airport
Focus citiesBeirut, Cairo, Amman, Baghdad, Jeddah, Riyadh, Asmara, Djibouti, Nairobi, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, DWC, Karachi, Lahore, Bangalore, Hong Kong
Fleet size10
Destinations26
Parent companyDHL
HeadquartersMuharraq, Bahrain
Key people
  • Capt. Michael Farrell
  • Gavin Staines
  • Reynel Rivera
  • Steve O'Shea
  • Yaver Rashid
  • Vanessa Thornton
Employees265
Websitewww.dhl.com

DHL International Aviation ME, legally incorporated as DHL Aviation EEMEA B.S.C. (C) and sometimes branded as SNAS/DHL) is a cargo airline based in Bahrain. It employs 265 workers to dispatch, fly and maintain a fleet of Boeing 767 freighters operating under a Bahraini AOC. DHL International is the central platform for DHL Air Network Operations in the Middle East. It is wholly owned by Deutsche Post[2] and operates the group's DHL-branded parcel and express services in the Middle East and North Africa[3] as part of DHL Aviation. Its main base is Bahrain International Airport.[4]

History

The airline began dedicated cargo flights between Bahrain and Riyadh in 1979 with a Fokker F27 Friendship. In 1980, with demand for a reliable overnight service increasing, the Fairchild Metro were introduced. With its fast cruising speed of 250 knots, this aircraft proved to be ideal for this type of service and destinations soon expanded to include Dubai, Kuwait and Jeddah. In 2004, larger jet aircraft were introduced with the deployment of 6 Boeing 727s. The Middle East is today connected into DHL's network via dedicated long haul flights from the US, Europe and Asia.[citation needed]

Destinations

Country City Airport Notes Refs
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Muharraq Bahrain International Airport Hub
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti Djibouti City Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Cairo Cairo International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea Asmara Asmara International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of India.svg India Bangalore Kempegowda International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Baghdad Baghdad International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Amman Queen Alia International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwait International Airport
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Beirut Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman Muscat Muscat International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Karachi Jinnah International Airport Focus city
Lahore Allama Iqbal International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport Focus city
Riyadh King Khalid International Airport Focus city
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi International Airport Focus city
Dubai Dubai International Airport Hub
Sharjah Sharjah International Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

File:A9C-DHS (3 Sep 2022).jpg
SNAS/DHL Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF

As of August 2023, the DHL International fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5][6]

DHL International fleet
Aircraft In
service 		Orders Notes
Boeing 767-300ER/BCF 5 —
Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF 5 —
Eviation Alice — 12 Deliveries from 2024[7]
Total 10 12

Former fleet

File:A9C-DHC Boeing 752F DHL (12240884564).jpg
A former DHL International Boeing 757-200PCF taxiing at Dubai International Airport in 2013
File:DHL, A9C-DHQ, Boeing 767-281 BDSF.jpg
A former DHL International Boeing 767-200BDSF at Bahrain International Airport in 2019

DHL International formerly operated the following aircraft:[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

Main article: 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
  • 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision: On July 1, 2002, DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757-200PF (registered as A9C-DHL) was flying from Bergamo, Italy, to Brussels, Belgium. The aircraft was flying over southern Germany when it collided with a BAL Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M on a charter flight from Moscow, Russia to Barcelona, Spain, over the city of Überlingen near the German-Swiss border. The DHL plane's tail slammed into the fuselage of the Tu-154. The collision killed the 2 crew members on board the Boeing 757, and all 69 passengers and crew on the Tupolev, mostly Russian schoolchildren from Bashkortostan on a vacation, organized by the local UNESCO committee, to the Costa Dorada region of Spain.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Beteiligungsliste/Participation list" (PDF). Jahresabschluss (HGB)/Annual Financial Statements (HGB). Deutsche Post AG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "DHL Airlines". DHL International GmbH. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  4. ↑ "DHL Express confirms continuing presence at Bahrain Airport". Air Cargo News. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 5.
  6. ↑ "DHL International Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "DHL EXPRESS SHAPES FUTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION WITH THE ORDER OF FIRST-EVER ALL-ELECTRIC CARGO PLANES FROM EVIATION". DHL. 2 August 2021. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

External links

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