EUROPEAN AIR TRANSPORT

'European Air Transport' is a cargo airline based in Brussels, Belgium. It operates express parcel services in Europe on behalf of DHL. It also operates ad hoc charter services including livestock transport. Its main base is Brussels Airport^[1].

Contents

History

Destinations

Fleet

Gallery

External links

References

History

European Air Transport (EAT) was founded by two pilots, Mr. Pirlot de Corbion and Mr. Dessain, as an air taxi service. EAT started with a 2 aircraft, a Beechcraft Queen Air and a Gardan Horizon. It soon became clear that there was a need for pilots on the Belgian market, so EAT started a pilot training school. In 1973 EAT was the first Piper Flying Centre in Europe.
EAT expanded its activities by entering into a contract with DHL Worldwide Express in 1985. Just before that, DHL selected Brussels Airport as the location for its European Hub. The co-operation between EAT and DHL was so successful that in 1986 DHL decided to make EAT part of the DHL group, and thus became the major DHL airline for Europe and Africa. On January 19 1993, EAT became a member of IATA. In the same year, EAT obtained the necessary permits for the transportation of a number of dangerous goods and live animals.
In October 2004 DHL Aviation Brussels announced that Brussels Airport would no longer be DHL’s major hub for Europe as from 2008, due to the failure of the Belgian Federal Government and DHL to reach an agreement on a framework to permit DHL to expand its future flight operations through Brussels Airport. As a consequence both DHL Aviation and EAT would have to restructure their Brussels-based organizations. The new Intercontinental hub will be based in Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany, with daily flights through Brussels and all major cities in Europe. EAT Headquarters remains in Brussels and will continue to be DHL’s major European airline. EAT has a license for scheduled and unscheduled cargo and passenger flights all over the world. EAT employs almost 600 people.

Destinations

European Air Transport operates services to Europe, Middle East and Africa. 56 countries are covered in total.

Fleet

In March 2007, the European Air Transport fleet includes:^[2]

Type	Number	Notes
Airbus A300B4-200F	15
Boeing 757-200PF	1
Boeing 757-200SF	10

Gallery

External links

★ EAT/DHL Airlines Corporate Page

★ European Air Transport Fleet Detail

References

1. Flight International 3 April 2007
2. http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=QY&al_op=1