AeroLogic secures CMI deal for DHL 777F, more up for grabs

[caption id="attachment_413339" align="alignright" width="460"] DHL relies on a mix of carriers like AeroLogic to CMI operate its growing fleet of owned 777Fs. (Photo: DHL)[/caption] The forthcoming 777F (66086) delivery for DHL Express expected from Boeing later this month will be handed over to AeroLogic for operation on a CMI basis, DHL has confirmed to Cargo Facts . The express company expects to take delivery of three more 777Fs this year, including 66086, for a total of six 777F deliveries for 2020 . DHL ordered fourteen 777Fs , with options for up to seven more, in July 2018, and has been slowly doling out prized CMI contracts to operators. Although CMI operators for the first eight 777Fs have been identified, contracts have yet to be announced for the two additional 777Fs expected this year. Also undisclosed by DHL at this point, is where the final four 777Fs on firm order will end up. The first eight aircraft have been placed as follows: The first two DHL-owned 777Fs (66079 and 66080) entered service last year with Southern Air , a fully owned subsidiary of Atlas Air. Southern continues to operate six other 777Fs for DHL on an ACMI basis. The third and fourth deliveries (66081 and 66082) went to AeroLogic , DHL’s Germany-based joint venture with Lufthansa, adding to the eleven 777Fs operating at least partially for DHL. Kalitta Air added two DHL-owned 777Fs in 2020 (66083 and 66084), representing DHL’s fifth and sixth deliveries. Unit 66085 was delivered in April and handed over to AeroLogic. It will be joined by unit 66086 later this month. As for units nine and ten, which are expected later this year, the aircraft could either end up with one of DHL’s existing CMI operators, or with another operator familiar with the 777 platform, such as ATSG-affiliate Omni Air. DHL has another 777F (35607, ex-Emirates), which was added last year , and is operated by Kalitta Air on an ACMI basis. The 777F placements add to a trail of flurried CMI activity involving multiple airframe types. Last month, DHL designated Kalitta Charters II as a CMI service provider, placing a 737-400F (26316) with the Ypsilanti-based airline. This year, iAero Airways began operating a pair of 737-800BDSFs on behalf of the express integrator.

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