European Air Transport Leipzig

European Air Transport Leipzig
	An EAT Leipzig Airbus A300-600
Founded	November 2005; 20 years ago (as a maintenance organisation)
Commenced operations	26 March 2010; 16 years ago
Hubs	Brussels; Leipzig/Halle;
Fleet size	40
Destinations	70+
Parent company	DHL
Headquarters	Schkeuditz, Saxony, Germany
Key people	Markus Otto; Adam Pradela; Geoffrey Kehr;
Website	www.dhl.com

European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH – often shortened to EAT Leipzig or EAT-LEJ – is a German cargo airline with its head office and main hub on the grounds of Leipzig/Halle Airport in Schkeuditz, Saxony.^[2] It is wholly owned by Deutsche Post^[3] and operates the group's DHL-branded parcel post and express mail services. It also provides ad hoc charter services including livestock transport.

Overview

The company dates from a merger agreement of 10 February 2010, which involved European Air Transport N.V. Brussels. That company was incorporated by the European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH and merged with it.^[4] European Air Transport Leipzig employs around 500 pilots and 750 ground and technical personnel. The airline is owned by DHL Express and the largest operator of the DHL European air network and with their A330 fleet, expanding into the intercontinental network. The airline also operates a number of routes for British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, Lufthansa and Amazon.^[5]

Destinations

EAT Leipzig facilities at Leipzig/Halle Airport

European Air Transport operates services to Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the United States as part of the DHL Aviation network. Besides over 75 smaller "air gateways", the major operational bases of DHL Aviation in Europe are:^[6]

Country	City	Airport	Notes
Belgium	Brussels	Brussels Airport	Hub
Czech Republic	Brno	Brno-Tuřany Airport
Denmark	Copenhagen	Copenhagen Airport
France	Paris	Charles de Gaulle Airport
Germany	Frankfurt	Frankfurt Airport
Germany	Leipzig	Leipzig/Halle Airport	Hub
Israel	Tel Aviv	David Ben Gurion Airport	^[7]
Italy	Milan	Milan Malpensa Airport
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Portugal	Lisbon	Lisbon Airport
Portugal	Porto	Porto Airport
Spain	Madrid	Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
Spain	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Vitoria Airport
Sweden	Örebro	Örebro Airport
United Kingdom	East Midlands	East Midlands Airport
	London	Heathrow Airport
	London	Luton Airport

Fleet

EAT Leipzig Boeing 757-200F

Airbus A300-600RFs make up most of the EAT Leipzig fleet.

EAT Leipzig Airbus A330-200F

Current fleet

As of August 2025^[update], European Air Transport Leipzig operates the following aircraft:^[8]

EAT Leipzig fleet
Aircraft	In service	Orders
Airbus A300-600RF	27
Airbus A330-200F	3	—
Airbus A330-300P2F	3	1
Boeing 757-200PCF	7	—
Total	40	1

Additionally, several smaller aircraft are operated under contract for EAT Leipzig and DHL respectively by airlines such as Swiftair and West Atlantic UK.

Former fleet

European Air Transport Leipzig former fleet
Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Boeing 757-200PF	1^{[citation needed]}	2010	2016	transferred to DHL Air UK
Boeing 757-200SF	11^{[citation needed]}	2010	2018

Accidents and incidents

On 25 November 2024, a Boeing 737-400F (registered as EC-MFE) flying as Swiftair Flight 5960 on behalf of EAT Leipzig, crashed into a house while on approach to Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania. Out of the four occupants on board, one person died while two others were injured.^[9]

References

↑ "IATA – Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
1 2 Unternehmensregister (german), entry of 21 |December 2009, made public on 23 December 2009
↑ "Beteiligungsliste/Participation list" (PDF). Jahresabschluss (HGB)/Annual Financial Statements (HGB). Deutsche Post AG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
↑ Unternehmensregister (german), entry of 26 March 2010, made public on 31 March 2010
↑ DHL's European Air Transport (EAT) airline under new license. Archived 25 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine Press Release, 31 March 2010
↑ "dhl-gcs.com". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
↑ "Ben Gurion Airport: 9.5% Increase in Cargo Activity in 2025". port2port. 5 July 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
↑ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - European Air Transport Leipzig". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 60.
↑ "Vilniuje netoli oro uosto nukrito krovininis lėktuvas: žuvo mažiausiai vienas žmogus" (in Lithuanian). LRT. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.

External links

Media related to European Air Transport Leipzig at Wikimedia Commons

Official website of DHL

[iata-1] "IATA – Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 13 April 2015.

[unternehmensregister-2] 1 2 Unternehmensregister (german), entry of 21 |December 2009, made public on 23 December 2009

[3] "Beteiligungsliste/Participation list" (PDF). Jahresabschluss (HGB)/Annual Financial Statements (HGB). Deutsche Post AG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

[4] Unternehmensregister (german), entry of 26 March 2010, made public on 31 March 2010

[5] DHL's European Air Transport (EAT) airline under new license. Archived 25 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine Press Release, 31 March 2010

[6] "dhl-gcs.com". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.

[7] "Ben Gurion Airport: 9.5% Increase in Cargo Activity in 2025". port2port. 5 July 2026. Retrieved 9 May 2026.

[8] "Global Airline Guide 2025 - European Air Transport Leipzig". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 60.

[9] "Vilniuje netoli oro uosto nukrito krovininis lėktuvas: žuvo mažiausiai vienas žmogus" (in Lithuanian). LRT. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.

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