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{{Short description|Cargo airline}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline        = DHL Aviation EEMEA B.S.C. (C)
| logo           = DHL_Logo.svg
| logo_size      = 
| image          = A9C-DHS (3 Sep 2022).jpg
| fleet_size     = 10
| destinations   = 26
| IATA           = ES<ref name=iata>{{cite web|title=IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search|url=http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx|website=iata.org|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref>
| ICAO           = DHX<ref name=iata/>
| callsign       = DILMUN<ref name=iata/>
| parent         = [[DHL]]
| founded        = 1979
| headquarters   = [[Muharraq]], [[Bahrain]]
| key_people     = 
*Capt. Michael Farrell
*Gavin Staines
*Reynel Rivera
*Steve O'Shea
*Yaver Rashid
*Vanessa Thornton
| aoc            = BH-03
| hubs           = [[Bahrain International Airport]]
| secondary_hubs = [[Dubai International Airport]]
| focus_cities   = [[Beirut]], [[Cairo]], [[Amman]], [[Baghdad]], [[Jeddah]], [[Riyadh]], [[Asmara]], [[Djibouti]], [[Nairobi]], [[Muscat]], [[Abu Dhabi]], [[Al Maktoum International Airport|DWC]], [[Karachi]], [[Lahore]], [[Bangalore]], [[Hong Kong]]
| alliance       = 
| num_employees  = 265
| website        = {{URL|www.dhl.com}}
}}

'''DHL International Aviation ME''' (legally incorporated as '''DHL Aviation EEMEA B.S.C. (C)''' and sometimes branded as '''SNAS/DHL''') is a [[cargo airline]] based in [[Bahrain]]. It employs 265 workers to dispatch, fly and maintain a fleet of [[Boeing 767]] freighters operating under a Bahraini AOC. DHL International is the central platform for DHL Air Network Operations in the Middle East. It is wholly owned by [[Deutsche Post]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investors.dpwn.de/en/investoren/publikationen/archiv/2008/finanzpublikationen/dpwn_participation_list_group_2007_hv.pdf|title=Beteiligungsliste/Participation list|access-date=2008-11-01|work=Jahresabschluss (HGB)/Annual Financial Statements (HGB)|publisher=Deutsche Post AG|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207215232/http://investors.dpwn.de/en/investoren/publikationen/archiv/2008/finanzpublikationen/dpwn_participation_list_group_2007_hv.pdf|archive-date=December 7, 2008 }}</ref> and operates the group's ''[[DHL]]''-branded parcel and express services in the Middle East and North Africa<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhl.com/publish/g0/en/about/airline.high.html|title=DHL Airlines|publisher=DHL International GmbH|access-date=2008-11-01|archive-date=5 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405034835/http://www.dhl.com/publish/g0/en/about/airline.high.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> as part of [[DHL Aviation]]. Its main base is [[Bahrain International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aircargonews.net/cargo-airport/dhl-express-confirms-continuing-presence-at-bahrain-airport/|title=DHL Express confirms continuing presence at Bahrain Airport|date=2019-05-20|website=Air Cargo News|language=en|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref>

==History==
The airline began dedicated cargo flights between Bahrain and Riyadh in 1979 with a [[Fokker F27 Friendship]]. In 1980, with demand for a reliable overnight service increasing, the Fairchild Metro were introduced. With its fast cruising speed of 250 knots, this aircraft proved to be ideal for this type of service and destinations soon expanded to include Dubai, Kuwait and Jeddah. In 2004, larger jet aircraft were introduced with the deployment of 6 [[Boeing 727]]s. The Middle East is today connected into DHL's network via dedicated long haul flights from the US, Europe and Asia.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==Destinations==
{|class="sortable wikitable
!Country
!City
!Airport
!Notes
!Refs
|-
|{{BHR}}||[[Muharraq]]||[[Bahrain International Airport]]||{{Airline hub}}||
|-
|{{BEL}}||[[Brussels]]||[[Brussels Airport]]||align=center| ||
|-
|{{DJI}}||[[Djibouti City]]||[[Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|{{EGY}}||[[Cairo]]||[[Cairo International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|{{ERI}}||[[Asmara]]||[[Asmara International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|{{HKG}}||Hong Kong||[[Hong Kong International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|{{IND}}||[[Bangalore]]||[[Kempegowda International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|{{IRQ}}||[[Baghdad]]||[[Baghdad International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|{{JOR}}||[[Amman]]||[[Queen Alia International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|{{KEN}}||[[Nairobi]]||[[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|{{KUW}}||[[Kuwait City]]||[[Kuwait International Airport]]||align=center| ||
|-
|{{LBN}}||[[Beirut]]||[[Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|{{OMA}}||[[Muscat]]||[[Muscat International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|rowspan=2|{{PAK}}||[[Karachi]]||[[Jinnah International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|[[Lahore]]||[[Allama Iqbal International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|rowspan=2|{{SAU}}||[[Jeddah]]||[[King Abdulaziz International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|[[Riyadh]]||[[King Khalid International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|rowspan=3|{{UAE}}||[[Abu Dhabi]]||[[Abu Dhabi International Airport]]||{{Airline focus}}||
|-
|[[Dubai]]||[[Dubai International Airport]]||{{Airline hub}}||
|-
|[[Sharjah]]||[[Sharjah International Airport]]||align=center| ||
|-
|}

==Fleet==
===Current fleet===
As of August 2023, the DHL International fleet consists of the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite journal|title=Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)|journal=Airliner World|issue=October 2019|page=5}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center"
|+ DHL International fleet
|-
!Aircraft
!In <br> service
!Orders
!Notes
|-
|[[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-300ER/BCF]]
|5
|&mdash;
|
|-
|[[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF]]
|5
|&mdash;
|
|-
|[[Eviation Alice]]
|&mdash;
|12
|Deliveries from 2024<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 2, 2021|title=DHL EXPRESS SHAPES FUTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION WITH THE ORDER OF FIRST-EVER ALL-ELECTRIC CARGO PLANES FROM EVIATION|url=https://www.dhl.com/global-en/home/press/press-archive/2021/dhl-express-shapes-future-for-sustainable-aviation-with-the-order-of-first-ever-all-electric-cargo-planes-from-eviation.html|url-status=live|website=DHL|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803165351/https://www.dhl.com/global-en/home/press/press-archive/2021/dhl-express-shapes-future-for-sustainable-aviation-with-the-order-of-first-ever-all-electric-cargo-planes-from-eviation.html |archive-date=3 August 2021 }}</ref>
|-
!Total
!10
!12
!
|}

===Former fleet===
[[File:A9C-DHC Boeing 752F DHL (12240884564).jpg|thumb|A former DHL International [[Boeing 757-200PCF]] taxiing at [[Dubai International Airport]] in 2013]]
[[File:DHL, A9C-DHQ, Boeing 767-281 BDSF.jpg|thumb|A former DHL International [[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-200BDSF]] at [[Bahrain International Airport]] in 2019]]
DHL International formerly operated the following aircraft:{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
*[[Boeing 727-200F]]
*[[Boeing 757-200PCF]]
*[[Boeing 757-200SF]]
*[[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-200BDSF]]
*[[Convair CV-540]]
*[[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner|Fairchild Metro 23]]
*[[Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner|Fairchild Metro III]]
*[[Fokker F27 Friendship]]

==Accidents and incidents==  
{{Main|2002 Überlingen mid-air collision}}
[[File:Компьютерная реконструкция столкновения самолётов над Боденским озером.png|thumb|CGI rendering of the collision]]
[[File:DHL Boeing 757-23APF A9C-DHL at Brussels Airport on June 2, 2002.jpg|thumb| A9C-DHL, the 757-200PF involved in the collision.]]
*[[2002 Überlingen mid-air collision]]: On July 1, 2002, DHL Flight 611, a [[Boeing 757-200PF]] (registered as A9C-DHL) was flying from Bergamo, Italy, to Brussels, Belgium. The aircraft was flying over southern Germany when it collided with a [[BAL Bashkirian Airlines]] [[Tupolev Tu-154M]] on a charter flight from Moscow, Russia to Barcelona, Spain, over the city of [[Überlingen]] near the German-Swiss border. The DHL plane's tail slammed into the fuselage of the Tu-154. The collision killed the 2 crew members on board the Boeing 757, and all 69 passengers and crew on the Tupolev, mostly Russian schoolchildren from [[Bashkortostan]] on a vacation, organized by the local [[UNESCO]] committee, to the Costa Dorada region of Spain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020701-1|title=Accident description|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=April 30, 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of airlines of Bahrain]]

==References==
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==External links==
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