DHL and TNT boost association of European airlines’ membership to 35
From 1st July 2008, the Association of European Airlines expands its horizons, following the decision of the AEA Presidents’ Assembly in May to welcome the express cargo carriers TNT and DHL, as AEA’s 34th and 35th airline members.
The accession of DHL’s European airlines (European Air Transport and DHL Air UK) and TNT Airways to AEA membership will bring still one more dimension to the Association. The express air carriers’ business model integrates different modes of transport into one system; it is based on network planning and coordination centred around one or more hub airports to which express freight is forwarded either by road or by air.
DHL traces its origins to the early 1970s in the US, but with expanding worldwide operations, Deutsche Post World Net bought the company in 2002. DHL has its main European operating hub at Leipzig in Germany, from where it operates regular direct daily services to 30 European destinations, as well as services to Africa and the
Middle East. DHL airlines operate 33 Boeing 757s and 18 Airbus A300s for the DHL Express network to every major city in Europe.
TNT Airways, founded in 1999, is a Belgian licenced air carrier based in Liège. Its parent company, TNT n.v. has its headquarters in the Netherlands. From its Liège hub, TNT operates 47 aircraft (B747s, A300s, B757s, B737s, BAe146s) to more than 70 European destinations and has traffic rights to 12 intercontinental destinations. For long haul transport, the company also has agreements with commercial passenger airlines.
From 1st July 2008, the Association of European Airlines expands its horizons, following the decision of the AEA Presidents’ Assembly in May to welcome the express cargo carriers TNT and DHL, as AEA’s 34th and 35th airline members.
The accession of DHL’s European airlines (European Air Transport and DHL Air UK) and TNT Airways to AEA membership will bring still one more dimension to the Association. The express air carriers’ business model integrates different modes of transport into one system; it is based on network planning and coordination centred around one or more hub airports to which express freight is forwarded either by road or by air.
DHL traces its origins to the early 1970s in the US, but with expanding worldwide operations, Deutsche Post World Net bought the company in 2002. DHL has its main European operating hub at Leipzig in Germany, from where it operates regular direct daily services to 30 European destinations, as well as services to Africa and the
Middle East. DHL airlines operate 33 Boeing 757s and 18 Airbus A300s for the DHL Express network to every major city in Europe.
TNT Airways, founded in 1999, is a Belgian licenced air carrier based in Liège. Its parent company, TNT n.v. has its headquarters in the Netherlands. From its Liège hub, TNT operates 47 aircraft (B747s, A300s, B757s, B737s, BAe146s) to more than 70 European destinations and has traffic rights to 12 intercontinental destinations. For long haul transport, the company also has agreements with commercial passenger airlines.
