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DHL flight puts fuel-saving steps to the test

Global courier DHL Express (OTCMKTS: DPSGY) plans to leave its cleanest mark in the sky on Wednesday, July 1, when a full freighter takes off from its Leipzig, Germany, hub en route to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

DHL said it is taking advantage of less busy airspace resulting from the novel coronavirus pandemic to operate a “perfect flight” for saving jet fuel and cutting carbon emissions. In-house airline European Air Transport will take more than 50 steps to maximize the...

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DHL starts construction of Munich airport facility

DHL Express has reached agreement with Germany’s Munich airport authority to start construction of a new cargo facility.

The facility, which is expected to cost 70 million euros ($78.8 million), will include parking for 65 delivery vehicles and a cargo-handling building of more than 86,000 square feet.

DHL currently leases space for its cargo operation at Munich airport. Once construction of the new facility is completed in 2022, DHL will have an airport building that is six times the size of its...

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DHL prepares three 767 passenger planes for freight operations

German express carrier DHL has contracted with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to convert three Boeing 767-300 passenger planes to all-cargo configuration.

The contract, which IAI stated is valued in the “tens of millions of dollars,” also includes an option for DHL to have IAI convert a fourth 767-300 to freighter service.

IAI spun off its commercial aviation group in 2019, although the Tel Aviv-based company has been converting Boeing passenger planes to freighters for years.

“The constant...

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