DHL Air UK, incorporated as DHL Air Ltd., is a cargo airline

Cargo airline

Cargo airlines are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.-Logistics:...

 based in Hounslow

Hounslow

Hounslow is the principal town in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is a suburban development situated 10.6 miles west south-west of Charing Cross. It forms a post town in the TW postcode area.-Etymology:...

, United Kingdom. It is wholly owned by Deutsche Post World Net and provides services on the group's DHL

DHL

DHL Express is a division of the German logistics company Deutsche Post providing international express mail services. DHL is a world market leader in sea and air mail....

-branded parcel and express network in Europe. Its main base is East Midlands Airport.

DHL Air Ltd. holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, it is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.

History

The company was formed as Elan Air in October 1982 and became DHL Air in August 1989.
It has 270 employees (at March 2007).

Elan Air operated night freight charters for DHL using the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy

Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy

The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy was a British post-war military transport/cargo aircraft and was the last aircraft produced by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft...

 and Handley Page Dart Herald

Handley Page Dart Herald

The Handley Page Dart Herald was a 1950s British turboprop passenger aircraft.-Design and development:In the mid 1950s the Handley Page Aircraft Company developed a new fast short-range regional airliner, intended to replace the venerable Douglas DC-3, particularly in third-world countries...

. Later the airline acquired Merchantman freighter versions of the Vickers Vanguard

Vickers Vanguard

The Vickers Type 950 Vanguard was a British short/medium-range turboprop airliner introduced in 1959 by Vickers-Armstrongs, a development of their successful Viscount design with considerably more internal room. The Vanguard was introduced just before the first of the large jet-powered airliners,...

 and was operating three when it became DHL Air in 1989.

Fleet

As of August 2009 the DHL Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:

In Service

• 22 Boeing 757-200SF
• 3 Boeing 767-300F

Former fleet

• Armstrong Whitworth Argosy
  Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy
  The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy was a British post-war military transport/cargo aircraft and was the last aircraft produced by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft...
  
  
• Handley Page Dart Herald
  Handley Page Dart Herald
  The Handley Page Dart Herald was a 1950s British turboprop passenger aircraft.-Design and development:In the mid 1950s the Handley Page Aircraft Company developed a new fast short-range regional airliner, intended to replace the venerable Douglas DC-3, particularly in third-world countries...
  
  
• Vickers Merchantman
  Vickers Vanguard
  The Vickers Type 950 Vanguard was a British short/medium-range turboprop airliner introduced in 1959 by Vickers-Armstrongs, a development of their successful Viscount design with considerably more internal room. The Vanguard was introduced just before the first of the large jet-powered airliners,...
  
  

External links

• DHL