DHL International Aviation ME is a cargo airline based in Bahrain. It operates scheduled and non-scheduled cargo services throughout the Middle East on behalf of DHL Express. Its main base is Bahrain International Airport^[1]. FedEx DC-10 Cargo airlines (or airfreight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... A DHL Boeing 757 A DHL Sprinter van DHL Boat in Venice DHL Truck in Singapore DHL boat in Amsterdam, carrying DHL bicycles aboard DHL is a Deutsche Post company that provides international shipping of documents and freight as well as contract logistics. ... Bahrain International Airport (IATA: BAH, ICAO: OBBI) (Arabic: مطار البحرين الدولي; transliterated: Matar al-Bahrayn ad-Dowaly) is an airport located on Al Muharraq, an island on the northern tip of Bahrain, north of the capital, Manama. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: ES
• ICAO Code: DHX ^[1]
• Callsign: DILMUN

The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organisation of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ...

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1979. It is wholly owned by Deutsche Post^[1]. For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Deutsche Post Tower in Bonn Deutsche Post AG (ISIN: DE0005552004, LSE: DPO) is a German post, logistics and courier headquartered in Bonn, previously the German state-owned mail monopolist. ...

Fleet

The DHL International fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007)^[1] : 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...

• 1 Antonov An-12
• 6 Boeing 727-200F

The Antonov An-12 (NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft. ... The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, narrow-body, three-engine commercial jet airliner. ...

Previously operated

At January 2005) the airline also operated :^{[citation needed]} 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 2 Fairchild Metro 23
• 3 Fairchild Metro III

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• DHL

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Flight International 3 April 2007