European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH – often shortened to EAT Leipzig or EAT-LEJ – is a German cargo airline with its head office and main hub on the grounds of Leipzig/Halle Airport in Schkeuditz, Saxony. It is wholly owned by Deutsche Post and operates the group's DHL-branded parcel post and express mail services. It also provides ad hoc charter services including livestock transport.
Overview The company dates from a merger agreement of 10 February 2010, which involved European Air Transport N.V. Brussels. That company was incorporated by the European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH and merged with it.Unternehmensregister (german), entry of 26 March 2010, made public on 31 March 2010 European Air Transport Leipzig employs around 500 pilots and 750 ground and technical personnel. The airline is owned by DHL Express and the largest operator of the DHL European air network and with their A330 fleet, expanding into the intercontinental network. The airline also operates a number of routes for British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, Lufthansa and Amazon.DHL's European Air Transport (EAT) airline under new license. Press Release, 31 March 2010
Destinations
European Air Transport operates services to Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the United States as part of the DHL Aviation network. Besides over 75 smaller "air gateways", the major operational bases of DHL Aviation in Europe are:
CountryCityAirportNotesBelgiumBrusselsBrussels AirportCzech RepublicBrnoBrno-Tuřany AirportDenmarkCopenhagenCopenhagen AirportFranceParisCharles de Gaulle AirportGermanyFrankfurtFrankfurt AirportLeipzigLeipzig/Halle AirportIsraelTel AvivDavid Ben Gurion AirportItalyMilanMilan Malpensa AirportNetherlandsAmsterdamAmsterdam Airport SchipholPortugalLisbonLisbon AirportPortoPorto AirportSpainMadridAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportVitoria-GasteizVitoria AirportSwedenÖrebroÖrebro AirportUnited KingdomEast MidlandsEast Midlands AirportLondonHeathrow AirportLuton Airport
Fleet
Current fleet , European Air Transport Leipzig operates the following aircraft:
+ EAT Leipzig fleetAircraftIn serviceOrdersNotesAirbus A300-600RF26Airbus A330-200F3—Airbus A330-300P2F41Boeing 757-200PCF2—Total351 Former fleet , European Air Transport Leipzig operated 27 Airbus A300, 3 Airbus A330-200F, 4 Airbus A330-300P2F and 2 Boeing 757-200PCF. Accidents and incidents On 25 November 2024, a Boeing 737-400F (registered as EC-MFE) flying as Swiftair Flight 5960 on behalf of EAT Leipzig, crashed into a house while on approach to Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania. Out of the four occupants on board, one person died while two others were injured.
See also List of airlines of Germany
References
External links
Official website of DHL