DHL Express has launched a new round-the-world flight linking Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Leipzigto meet growing customer demand on key intercontinental trade lanes between Asia, Western USA and
Canada.The new flight connection will provide next-day service from more Asian markets to the USAenhancing the transit time capability. It will include a greater number of Asian origin locations,including the key trade hubs of Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila and a significantnumber of cities throughout China benefiting from next-day connection into Los Angeles and much ofWestern USA and Canada.
Thanks to the new direct connection from Los Angeles to DHL’s European air hub in Leipzig,Germany, customers in Western US cities including Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, Reno, San Diego,San Francisco, and Seattle will be able to order a pick-up from a DHL courier up to 3 hours laterfor their European shipments.
Capacity and service reliability on this new route will be enhanced by the introduction of threeBoeing 777F freighters, operated by Southern Air following DHL’s multi-year agreement with theairline in September 2011.
The first of these round-the-world routes from Hong Kong to the hub in Cincinnati to Bahrain andback to Hong Kong is already in operation. The additional freighters will bring the total number ofB777F freighters in DHL’s global fleet to 12.
The introduction of this new round-the-world flight by DHL will bring unrivalled benefits to ourcustomers in all sectors in Asia, Europe, the U.S. and Canada, and deliver reduced transit times onsome of the world’s most important trade lanes,” Ken Allen, DHL Express CEO, said. “The additionalcapacity, range and reliability of the Boeing 777F freighters, as well as the increased fuelefficiency they bring to our fleet, will complement the significant investments we have alreadymade in our global network over the last year and reinforce DHL’s leading position in internationaltime definite delivery.”
As an additional environmental benefit, the B777F freighter is expected to burn around 20-25%less fuel. It also covers a superior max payload range on intercontinental routes, allowing moremarkets to be served non-stop. The continued upgrade to more efficient aircraft is in line withDHL’s commitment to increase its carbon efficiency by 30% in 2020.
