DHL International Aviation ME
DHL International Aviation ME (Correct name 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]
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| Founded | 1979 | ||||||
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| AOC # | BH-03 | ||||||
| Hubs | Bahrain International Airport | ||||||
| Secondary hubs | Dubai International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Beirut, Cairo, Amman, Baghdad, Jeddah, Riyadh, Asmara, Djibouti, Nairobi, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, DWC, Karachi, Lahore, Bangalore, Hong Kong | ||||||
| Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
| Destinations | 26 | ||||||
| Parent company | DHL | ||||||
| Headquarters | Muharraq, Bahrain | ||||||
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| Employees | 265 | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
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.
Destinations
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Fleet
Current fleet
As of August 2023, the DHL International fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5][6]
| Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Notes |
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| Boeing 767-300ER/BCF | 5 | — | |
| Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF | 5 | — | |
| Eviation Alice | — | 12 | Deliveries from 2024[7] |
| Total | 10 | 12 |
Former fleet
DHL International formerly operated the following aircraft:
Accidents and incidents
- 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
- "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- "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.
- "DHL Airlines". DHL International GmbH. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- "DHL Express confirms continuing presence at Bahrain Airport". Air Cargo News. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 5.
- "DHL International Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- "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.
- "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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