News / DHL sets up air charter service to Tel Aviv as war disrupts supply chains

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By Charlotte Goldstone

27/10/2023

DHL Global Forwarding has set up a dedicated charter operation between its European hub at Liege (LGG) and Tel Aviv (TLV) in response to the decline in belly capacity following the outbreak of conflict in Israel.

The B767-200 freighter, organised through its StarBroker Charter operation has a payload of 40 tons, dedicated to “continue serving [DHL’s] immediate customer’s capacity needs” after “most carriers revoked their flights to and from Tel Aviv”.

It ran three flights this week, but a DHL ...

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