DHL Aviation is a group of airlines that are either owned, co-owned or chartered byDHL Express.[citation needed]DHL owns six main airlines to service various global regions:
European Air Transport Leipzig (EAT Leipzig) is responsible for the major part of the network for Europe, and for long-haul services to the Middle East and Africa. It operates a fleet of Boeing and Airbus freighters from its hub at theLeipzig/Halle Airport.[citation needed]
DHL Air UK (DHL Air), acquired by DHL in 1989, is based atEast Midlands Airport. Since July 2000, it has operated a fleet of Boeing 757 freighters on intra-European services and a fleet of Boeing 767 freighters, primarily on transatlantic routes.[1][2]
DHL Aero Expreso is a subsidiary in the Central and South America Hub inTocumen, Panamá, operating a fleet of Boeing 737-400, 757-200 and 767-300 freighters which also serve destinations in the Caribbean and Florida.
SNAS/DHL (DHL International) handles Middle East destinations from its headquarters and main regional hub atBahrain International Airport, operating a fleet of Boeing 767 freighters.[citation needed] The fleet is deployed throughout the Middle East and in Africa.[citation needed]
Brussels Airport was a main hub; when DHL planned expansion at Brussels Airport in October 2004, it created a political crisis in Belgium.[5] Yet, in 2017 DHL invested heavily in its Brussels hub and the site at Brussels Airport is now one of the main regional hubs in the DHL Express network.[6]
In March 2021, DHL Aviation announced the relocation of one of its main hub operations from Bergamo toMilan Malpensa Airport, where it opened new logistics facilities.[9]
In 2002,BAL Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, aTupolev Tu-154 passenger jet, collided with DHL International Aviation ME Flight 611, aBoeing 757-200 cargo jet at 35,000 ft (11,000 m) overÜberlingen, Germany. All 69 passengers on board the Bashkiran flight (consisting mainly of Russian schoolchildren) and the two pilots of DHL were killed.[14][15]
TheDHL shootdown incident in Baghdad on 22 November 2003 wherein Iraqi insurgents fired anSA-7 "Grail"surface-to-air missile at aEuropean Air TransportAirbus A300 operating on behalf of DHL Aviation. The aircraft took off fromBaghdad airport whereupon the missile struck the left wing, disabling all threehydraulic systems and set the wing on fire. The aircraft began a dangerousphugoid (vertical oscillation) but the crew managed to land safely at the airport, despite only being able to control the aircraft by adjusting the engine thrust.[16]
On 18 March 2010, Exin Flight 3589, a DHLAntonov An-26 aircraft made an emergency landing on the frozenLake Ülemiste, close toLennart Meri Tallinn Airport. Initial reports indicated problems with the landing gear and one of the engines. The flight was operated byExin on behalf of DHL. The aircraft involved was SP-FDO and the flight departed from Helsinki Airport. One of the six crew members was injured.[17][18]
On 13 February 2021, the cargo door of DHL Air UK Flight 126,Boeing 757-200 freighter registered G-DHKZ, opened at an altitude of approximately 5,300 ft (1,600 m) after the aircraft departed fromLeipzig/Halle Airport. Airframe parts fell on the grounds of a power plant approximately 10 nmi (12 mi; 19 km) from the airport, but no cargo was lost, and the flight crew was able to return to Leipzig/Halle with no injuries. The incident is under investigation.[19]
On 7 April 2022,DHL de Guatemala Flight 7216, a Boeing 757-27A (PCF), crash landed inSan Jose, Costa Rica after attempting an emergency landing due to a hydraulic failure. Both crew members survived without injuries.[20]
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