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NewsDHL reveals its most unusual deliveries of 2024
DHL has revealed five of the most extraordinary shipments that it carried out in 2024
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EFW ticks off another A330P2F for DHL
Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) has completed conversion work on the 15th Airbus A330-300 passenger to freighter (P2F) aircraft for DHL.The German conversion company said in a LinkedIn post on July 25 that the widebody conversion freighter had left its site in Dresden, Germany to be transported elsewhere for painting."After painting, the ...
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NewsMesa Airlines stops 737F operations for DHL Express
Photo: DHL Group US regional air carrier Mesa Airlines has stopped providing air cargo services for DHL due to a “reduction in cargo demand”. Mesa Air Group said in its first quarter 2024 results release that Mesa Airlines had agreed to reduce its freighter service with DHL ...
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NewsEFW redelivers latest A330-300P2F to DHL
Photo: EFWConversion company Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) has redelivered its 14th Airbus A330-300 passenger to freighter (P2F) to DHL.The German firm said in a LinkedIn post yesterday that the A330-300P2F took off from Dresden earlier this week."The recently finalized A330-300P2F aircraft is the no. 14 freighter for our customer DHL and ...
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NewsAsia-Europe trade aids DHL's Q1 airfreight volumes
Growth on trade between Asia and Europe was the main driver for a rise in DHL's airfreight volumes in the first quarter of this year, although airfreight revenue and profit suffered.DHL reported a 5.1% year-on-year rise in airfreight volumes to 435,000 tons in the first quarter.First quarter airfreight revenue in ...
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DHL looks to growth with 767F lease
DHL is growing its Boeing 767 freighter operations through a new lease agreement with Air Transport Services Group (ATSG).ATSG said it has commenced a new lease agreement with DHL Network Operations (USA), Inc. under which ATSG’s Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) has leased a 767-300 freighter aircraft to DHL to operate ...
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NewsMunich bucks the trend as cargo grows in 2023
Source: Munich airportMunich Airport says it was the only German major air hub to increase freight traffic in 2023. The south German gateway registered a year-on-year increase of 6.6%, whereas total airfreight volume in Germany as a whole fell by 7.1, according to German Airports Association figures.Munich’s freight totalled 284,000 ...
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NewsPolitics fails to deflect move to globalisation, says DHL report
Source: DHLThere is no sign of geopolitics affecting the march of globalisation, says DHL in the latest edition of its Global Connectedness Report.In a preview of the document, due to be published on Friday 15 March, the logistics company said that in 2023 globalisation remained at close to the record ...
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DHL's airfreight volume decline slows in Q4 2023
DHL Group's airfreight volumes in the fourth quarter of 2023 continued to suffer from reduced air cargo demand, but the quarter was a marked improvement on earlier in the year.Fourth quarter airfreight volumes were down 3.6% year on year to 433,000 tons. Year on year, this compares to -12.2% in ...
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DHL workers extend East Midlands Airport strike action
Workers at DHL's East Midlands Airport hub in the UK have announced they will add another 14 days of industrial action onto existing plans to down tools for 10 days.The first of the strikes, announced last week, is due to start tomorrow and will last for 10 days.However, this morning, ...
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DHL workers at East Midlands Airport plan strike
DHL is facing strike action once again as DHL Aviation UK employees at East Midlands Airport plan to stop work for a week next month in a move that has potential to disrupt air cargo operations.180 workers who are members of the trade union Unite aredue to begin industrial action ...
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Putzger perspective: Collaborating to solve industrial strife
For about 24 hours it looked as though two of the three largest integrator air hubs in the US could be hit by work stoppages right in the finale of the seasonal shopping frenzy. Ground workers at DHL’s Americas hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International airport had downed tools on Thursday, ...
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NewsDHL Express workers extend strike action across the US
Photo: International Brotherhood of TeamstersDHL is now facing strife across the US as workers step up strike activity following the start of industrial action at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) earlier this month.Employees at DHL Express have expanded their picket lines to multiple locations across the US, including Boston and ...
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NewsAir cargo disruption continues in Israel but some carriers resume flights
Ben Gurion International Airport. Image source: Flik47/ ShutterstockSome airlines have resumed routes to Israel, however, the industry is still exercising caution as conflict continues between Israel and Hamas.FedEx has resumed its service to Israel, according to an October 12 service alert."FedEx International inbound and outbound service to and from Israel ...
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Capacity up but demand remains depressed, says DHL
Demand remains low with minimal growth while global capacity has increased by 12% year on year, said DHL Global Forwarding in its Air Freight – State of the Industry report for August.While only a ‘conservative’ increase in volume demand is expected in the 2023 late-year peak season, most airlines have ...
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NewsDHL Global Forwarding appoints new head of airfreight
Max Sauberschwarz. Photo: DHLDHL Global Forwarding has appointed a new executive vice president, global airfreight.Thomas Mack will leave the position effective October 1, and will be succeeded by Max Sauberschwarz, who currently holds the role of senior vice president Global StarBroker, DHL Global Forwarding’s air charter organisation.Sauberschwarz will assume the ...
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NewsDHL airfreight volumes continue to fall
Melanie Kreis, DHL Group chief financial officer. Photo: DHLDHL Group’s second quarter airfreight volumes reflect what the company called a “less dynamic market environment”, having declined by 13% year on year to 415,000 tons – while revenue plummeted 46.8% to €1.48bn.Looking at airfreight performance during the first half of the ...
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DHL airfreight volumes nosedive as market 'normalises'
Deutsche Post DHL Group saw a steep drop in airfreight volumes in the first quarter of 2023 which it attributed to “normalisation of market conditions”.Airfreight volumes for the second quarter of 2023 were 414,000 tonnes, down 18.7% year on year.The group said the decline in airfreight volumes was particularly noticeable ...
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NewsDHL unveils new emissions reporting tool and sustainability milestones
A DHL solar-powered building. More than half of DHL Supply Chain facilities are carbon neutralGlobal logistics provider DHL, part of the Deutsche post DHL Group, has launched a new tool to help customers reduce their carbon footprint.The DHL GoGreen Dashboard is “a new seamless emissions reporting solution for Deutsche Post ...
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ATSG reports record revenues but predicts block hour decline in 2023
Freighter aircraft lessor ATSG reported record revenues in 2022 but is expecting its block hours to decline this year.The Wilmington, Ohio headquartered firm last year saw its revenues increase 18% year on year to $2bn, adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) increased 18% to $641m but net ...