DHL International Aviation ME

SNAS/DHL
DHL International Aviation ME

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
ES^[1]	DHX	DILMUN

Founded

1979

Hubs

Bahrain International Airport

Fleet size

Parent company

DHL Express

Headquarters

Muharraq, Bahrain

Key people

Phil Couchman

Website

http://www.dhl.com/

SNAS/DHL, incorporated as DHL International Aviation ME, is a cargo airline based in Bahrain. It is wholly owned by Deutsche Post DHL^[2] and operates the group's DHL Express-branded parcel and express services in the Middle East, including Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.^[3] Its main base is Bahrain International Airport.

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1979. In 1996 the airline began using 757-200s to fly flights between Bahrain and Europe. As of 2004 the airline flew flights in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.^[4]

Fleet

The DHL International fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[5]^[6]

Aircraft	In Fleet	Notes
Boeing 727-200F	4	operating for SNAS Aviation
Boeing 757-200F	4
Boeing 767-200F	2
Total	10

Previously operated

In January 2005 the airline also operated :

Incidents and accidents

The Überlingen mid-air collision occurred on 1 July 2002 over southern Germany between a DHL ME 757 and a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154. All 69 people on board the Tupolev as well as both pilots of the cargo plane died in the crash.

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 December 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
↑ "DHL Airlines". DHL International GmbH. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
↑ "AX001-1-2." German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation. May 2004. 1.17.12 Operator of the B757-200. 42 (). Retrieved on 28 April 2010.
↑ Flight International 3 April 2007
↑ DHL International Aviation Middle East

External links

Airlines of Bahrain

Schedule	Gulf Air

Cargo	DHL International Aviation ME

Defunct	Bahrain Air Gulf Aviation Gulf Traveller Swiftair Bahrain

Members of the International Air Transport Association

Africa regional office

Air Botswana Air Madagascar Air Malawi Air Mauritius Air Namibia Air Seychelles Airlink ALS Arik Air Comair Ethiopian Airlines Interair South Africa Kenya Airways LAM Mozambique Airlines Precision Air Safair South African Airways South African Express TAAG Angola Airlines TACV

Asia-Pacific regional office

China and North Asia regional office

Europe regional office

Latin America and the Caribbean regional office

Middle East and North Africa regional office

North America regional office

Air Canada Air Transat Alaska Airlines American Airlines Atlas Air Cargojet Airways Delta Air Lines FedEx Express Hawaiian Airlines JetBlue Airways United Airlines UPS Airlines

Russia and the CIS regional office

Aeroflot Aerosvit Airlines Air Astana Air Moldova Armavia Azerbaijan Airlines Belavia Donavia Georgian Airways Nordavia Nordwind Airlines Rossiya Airlines S7 Airlines Ukraine International Airlines UTair Aviation Vladivostok Air Volga-Dnepr Airlines Yakutia Airlines Defunct: Transaero

Airlines operating for DHL Aviation

Europe	AeroLogic ASL Airlines Ireland Atlantic Airlines Aviastar-TU Bluebird Cargo Cargoair DHL Air UK EAT Leipzig Europe Airpost Exin MNG Airlines RAF-Avia Swiftair

Americas	ABX Air Air Cargo Carriers Air Transport International Ameriflight ASTAR Air Cargo Cargojet Airways Castle Aviation DHL Aero Expreso (DHL Ecuador DHL de Guatemala) Kalitta Air Polar Air Cargo Southern Air

Asia-Pacific	Air Hong Kong Blue Dart Aviation Tasman Cargo Airlines

EMEA	SNAS/DHL Solenta Aviation

Italics indicate former operators

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