DHL to launch B767 East Midlands Airport freight flights
24.09.09
DHL Express, the global delivery company, is to launch two Boeing 767 freighter express services across the Atlantic from East Midlands Airport. The aircraft will be fully owned by DHL and replace the shared capacity of MD-11 freighters currently provided through a joint venture between DHL and Lufthansa Cargo.
The first of its new fleet of extended range 767 freighters completed a commercial flight from Leipzig, Germany, DHL's main European hub, to New York's JFK airport, on September 22. A second 767 will link JFK and East Midlands this month, followed by a third in October, between East Midlands and Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati. In all, six 767 extended range freighters will join the DHL fleet by the end of 2012.
DHL said the new aircraft, with a payload capacity of 59 tons, will help it to boost the on-time performance and reliability of its transatlantic services. The freighter flights also will enable DHL to expand its next day Time Definite transatlantic services between the US East Coast and Europe.
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