Dhl Sf340

[8inMan]

I was in BNA waiting for freight today when I saw a Saab 340 painted up in DHL colors. Anyone know what company that could have been?

 

[flyboyike]

I'm not trying to say you don't know your airplanes, but are you sure it was a SAAB? There doesn't seem to be any reference to any DHL-affiliated SAABs anywhere.

 

[BoilerUP]

Who is flying cargo saabs? Castle?

 

[big_al]

castle sold theirs, I think ibc picked them all up

the only feeders that I know of flying in dhl colors are some c208s

could this have been what you spotted?

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1050908/L/

 

[Groundpounder]

Are there any DHL Convairs in the US?

 

[flyboyike]

Are there any DHL Convairs in the US?

I'm not sure if there still are, but there were a few until fairly recently.

 

[avpro91]

There is an Embrarer maintenance facility in BNA which always has an abundance of Saabs and ERJ sitting on the ramp. Most from foreign carriers or obscure operators. There are often aircraft there that have a paint scheme that resembles more famaliar carriers. I have never seen or heard of a DHL Saab, but then again, you never know what your gonna see these days.

 

[PCL_128]

Who is flying cargo saabs? Castle?

I think Murray Aviation out of YIP has a few.

 

[coogebeachhotel]

Going to the Middle East

 

[McNugget]

Definitely not South America, huh?

 

[WickedPissa]

.....

 

[hawkerflyer]

I think Murray Aviation out of YIP has a few.

Aren't the Murray aircraft passenger shuttles ?

 

[PCL_128]

Aren't the Murray aircraft passenger shuttles ?

Could be. Haven't really seen one up close.

 

[JessMan]

Aren't the Murray aircraft passenger shuttles ?

Yeah, the saab and the two jetstreams fly mostly for Chrysler...

 

[big_al]

Going to the Middle East

so is this a replacement for the air cargo carriers shorts that were supposed to go to the middle east but crashed in the midwest?

 

[coogebeachhotel]

DHL's airlines provide air transport capacity to support DHL's commercial activities. There are four DHL owned airlines:

• European Air Transport is based in Brussels, Belgium and provides capacity for DHL's European network as well as longhaul services to the Middle East and Africa, using Boeing 757SF/PF and Airbus A300B4 aircraft.
• DHL Air UK is DHL's newest airline and is based at East Midlands airport in the United Kingdom. The airline provides services on DHL's European Network using Boeing 757SF aircraft.
• DHL's Middle East airline is based at Bahrain International Airport and serves a wide variety of Middle East destinations including Afghanistan and Iraq, using a variety of regional aircraft.
• DHL's Latin American airline is based in Panama City and services a wide range of destinations in Central and South America using Boeing 727 aircraft.

 

[coogebeachhotel]

Who wants to sign up?

 

[metrodriver]

I've also seen yellow DHL ATR's in S. America. In San Juan PR someone flies a DHL painted caravan. So it's everyones guess as to where the saabs might be going

 

[8inMan]

Interesting. Yeah I'm pretty sure it was a saab 340 and I'm pretty sure it was yellow and red with big DHL letters on the side. Now that I think about it though, I don't think the windows were covered up or painted over. It may have been a passenger plane.

 

[getnverted]

It's a DHL painted Saab going to Mexico. They haven't gotten around to covering up the windows yet.

 

[kingaira90]

canvair

Are there any DHL Convairs in the US?

There is a convair doing the seattle vancouver run (the long flight). It is an AT aircraft, not in DHL colors though. After the CVG crash in a 580 that was in the old DHL colors they put a stop to it.

 

[flyinyourShorts]

Air Tahoma never had authorization to paint their aircraft in DHL colors. N586P was bought from Swiftair(EAT), and came with those colors. DHL didn't put a "stop" to it, AT never had that privilage in the first place. That aircraft was destined for a FedEx contract, believe it or not!

I'm sure DHL was not happy about it being in their colors when it crashed... Air Tahoma never PAINTED an airplane in DHL colors, and that airplane was due to be painted overall white not long after the crash happened.

 

[kingaira90]

right!

AT never had authorization to paint their aircraft in DHL colors. N586P was bought from Swiftair(EAT), and came with those colors. DHL didn't put a "stop" to it, AT never had that privilage in the first place. That aircraft was destined for a FedEx contract, believe it or not!

I'm sure DHL was not happy about it being in their colors when it crashed... AT never PAINTED an airplane in DHL colors, and that airplane was due to be painted overall white not long after the crash happened.

Didn't know they were going to send it to the pacific. To hear the budster talk about it at the time DHL was thrilled it was in their colors, until the crash of course. Of course I know what he says can vary from time to time. The next one they bought (587 I think) was painted white before it came out of the post buy inspection/ autopilot decomissioning. 586 was a really nice aircraft, powerful and fast with stuff that worked....kinda weird.

And I didn't say AT painted it. Just that the plane that crashed was in DHL colors. With the sh** storm after the crash apparently DHL applied sufficient pressure on AT so that no more aircraft were flown in their colors after they made the atlantic crossing.-kingaira90