DHL Express A330-300P2F
 

Which DHL Airline will get these aircraft when they come out at the end of 2017?

DHL signs up for four A330 conversions - Air Cargo News

the bulgarians :E

Normally this month we now who it will be. What we know is that they or for the European network.

Definitely has to be a European company, the photo has five old men in suits two of which look like they are having a tug of war over the model, probably one is French and the other is German.

Who ever gets to fly these well used soon to be "Dream Fleet" aircraft will be far superior to any other lowly DHL pilot, that they will avoid making eye contact in crew rooms with anyone who doesn't fly a proper Airbus and be general pricks in anyway possible between the hours of 1900z to 0700z

Oh and they will talk constantly how much better it was at their previous Airline.

A300BOY
 

Does not seem like you are too happy Enos !
Do you think Ups or Tnt are any better ?

TNT isn't any more.

Anybody hear when the first aircraft is ready?

End of 2017

Rumour has it that it will be ready in August and be operated by ASL.

well, its a rumor, both, date and operator.

It is my opinion that FedEx is the finest job on the planet.
And UPS is a close second.


DHL reminds me of Emery Worldwide and their subcontractors of the 1980s. Where they played one airlines group against the other, always looking for the lowest bidder. Airlines like Rosenbalm, IASCO, Kittyhawk, Spirit of America, Orion Air, Ryan Int'l etc, etc played the rapid upgrade before you lose the contract game. Then it's cap in hand to the next airline who underbid the contract, so you can do the same job for less pay. They like to play that pea and cup game too, using name changes to hide the cheese. Railway Express, Emery, Puralator, Consolidated Freight, Menlow.


DHL in The United States plays the same game, where Atlas Air, Southern, ABX, Kalitta, etc, etc are here one year and gone the next. No wonder the crews have had enough.


Can aviation historians come up with a list of DHL subcontractors since the mid 1980s? Most I've forgotten about, but I'd bet there were at least 30 different airlines.


That's why you'll find every FedEx and UPS new hire class loaded with DHL, ABX, Atlas, Global Western, Kalitta crews.
They know they'll stay for life for FedEx was once Federal Express and UPS was once United Parcel Service, but that's about all that has changed since 1972 for Fed-Ex and 1988 for UPS. What's different guises has DHL traded as, other than constant turmoil?

2 aircraft will be based and operated from HK commencing Jan 18 . The aircraft will be operating for Air Hong Kong by ASL Ireland . It will be a very similar operation to the previous introduction of the A300-600 pax to freighter that happened 2013-1014 ish

Well, that could be an option. It seems very likely that the first A330 will go to HKG.
Being operated by ASL would make sense. We will see.

Where did you get the date from?

Air Hong Kong Buyout
 

Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok) has announced plans to buy out DHL Group of its 40% stake in Air Hong Kong (LD, Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok).

Cathay Pacific, which owns the majority 60% stake, said in a Hong Kong Stock Exchange disclosure on Friday, July 7, that it had entered into a non-binding MOU which will take effect on December 31, 2018 ending the two sides' current joint venture and block space agreements.

Other terms of the deal include Air Hong Kong and DHL Group entering into a sale/leaseback transaction regarding the carrier's eight A300-600(F) freighters. A new block space agreement will also be negotiated under which Air Hong Kong will sell space to DHL on an agreed network of overnight Asian freight routes.

The value of the transaction has been put at around HKD36.3 million Hong Kong dollars (USD4.64 million).

First airframe should be on ASLI AOC next week to begin ops in europe I believe.