News / DHL avoids involvement in Atlas pilots dispute, despite protest at US HQ

Pilots protest at DHL HQ yesterday in an attempt to pressure Atlas and ABX

DHL has distanced itself from a pilot protest at its US headquarters yesterday.

Pilots who fly for Atlas Air and ABX Air on behalf of DHL protested in an effort to ramp up pressure on the airlines to improve working conditions.

Germany’s Deutsche Post-DHL is one of Atlas’s largest customers and is Atlas-owned Southern Air’s only customer.

But despite the pilots’ attempts to lobby DHL to put pressure on the US airlines, the customer was careful to steer clear.

In a statement to The Loadstar, ...