DHL Express’ fleet renewal and e-commerce-led Strategy 2025 continues apace with the delivery of the first of six Boeing 777F-200 production line freighters which will touch down in 2020.
The first plane landed at its future base of operations, the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, and will be operated by DHL Express’ partner airline Kalitta.
In 2018 DHL ordered 14 Boeing 777F, with four delivered in 2019, six to come this year and the remaining four to be taken into service in 2021.
The renewal is part of the overall modernisation of the long-haul intercontinental fleet of the courier company and replaces older planes.
The new B777Fs will help achieve an increase in their intercontinental connections while reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption. With a payload capacity of 102 tons and a range of 9,200 km, the B777F has the largest capacity and range of all twin-engine freighter aircraft, as per a report.
Source : Our Correspondent