{{Short description|German cargo airline}} {{primary sources|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox airline | airline = European Air Transport Leipzig | logo = DHL Logo.svg | image = Airbus A300B4-622R(F), DHL (European Air Transport) JP7449408.jpg | caption = An EAT Leipzig [[Airbus A300|Airbus A300-600]] | IATA = QY<ref name=iata>{{cite web|title=IATA – Airline and Airport Code Search|url=http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx|website=iata.org|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> | ICAO = BCS | callsign = POSTMAN | parent = [[DHL]] | founded = {{start date and age|2005|11||df=yes}} (as a maintenance organisation) | commenced = {{start date and age|2010|03|26|df=yes}} | headquarters = [[Schkeuditz]], Saxony, Germany | key_people = {{bulleted list| | Markus Otto | Adam Pradela | Geoffrey Kehr<ref name="unternehmensregister">[http://www.unternehmensregister.de Unternehmensregister (german)], entry of 21 |December 2009, made public on 23 December 2009</ref>}} | hubs = {{ubl|class=nowrap | [[Brussels Airport|Brussels]] | [[Leipzig/Halle Airport|Leipzig/Halle]]}} | focus_cities = | alliance = | fleet_size = 40 | destinations = 70+ | website = {{URL|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]].<ref name="unternehmensregister" /> It is wholly owned by [[Deutsche Post]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investors.dpwn.de/en/investoren/publikationen/archiv/2008/finanzpublikationen/dpwn_participation_list_group_2007_hv.pdf |title=Beteiligungsliste/Participation list |access-date=2008-11-01 |work=Jahresabschluss (HGB)/Annual Financial Statements (HGB) |publisher=Deutsche Post AG |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207215232/http://investors.dpwn.de/en/investoren/publikationen/archiv/2008/finanzpublikationen/dpwn_participation_list_group_2007_hv.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2008 }}</ref> and operates the group's ''[[DHL]]''-branded [[parcel post]] and [[express mail]] services. It also provides ad hoc [[air charter|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.<ref>[http://www.unternehmensregister.de Unternehmensregister (german)], entry of 26 March 2010, made public on 31 March 2010</ref> 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 (airline)|Iberia]], [[Finnair]], [[Lufthansa]] and Amazon.<ref>[http://www.dhl.com/en/press/releases/releases_2010/express/310310.html DHL's European Air Transport (EAT) airline under new license.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125132630/http://www.dhl.com/en/press/releases/releases_2010/express/310310.html |date=25 January 2016 }} Press Release, 31 March 2010</ref>
==Destinations== [[File:DHL_Leipzig-Halle.jpg|thumb|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:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dhl-gcs.com/site/2008/issue2/index.asp |access-date=24 May 2011 |title=dhl-gcs.com |archive-date=24 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724125712/http://www.dhl-gcs.com/site/2008/issue2/index.asp |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
{|class="sortable wikitable" |- !Country !City !Airport !Notes |- |Belgium||Brussels||[[Brussels Airport]]||{{Airline hub}} |- |Czech Republic||[[Brno]]||[[Brno-Tuřany Airport]]||align=center| |- |Denmark||Copenhagen||[[Copenhagen Airport]]||align=center| |- |France||Paris||[[Charles de Gaulle Airport]]||align=center| |- |rowspan="2"|Germany||Frankfurt||[[Frankfurt Airport]]||align=center| |- |Leipzig||[[Leipzig/Halle Airport]]||{{Airline hub}} |- |Israel||Tel Aviv||[[Ben Gurion Airport|David Ben Gurion Airport]]||align=center|<ref>{{cite news |title=Ben Gurion Airport: 9.5% Increase in Cargo Activity in 2025 |url=https://en.port2port.co.il/article/Air-Transport/Airports/Ben-Gurion-Airport-9-5-Increase-in-Cargo-Activity-in-2025/ |access-date=9 May 2026 |work=port2port |date=5 July 2026 |language=en}}</ref> |- |Italy||Milan||[[Milan Malpensa Airport]]||align=center| |- |Netherlands||Amsterdam||[[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol]]||align=center| |- |rowspan="2"|Portugal||Lisbon||[[Lisbon Airport]]||align=center| |- |[[Porto]]||[[Porto Airport]]||align=center| |- |rowspan="2"|Spain||Madrid||[[Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport]]||align=center| |- |[[Vitoria-Gasteiz]]||[[Vitoria Airport]]||align=center| |- |Sweden |[[Örebro]] |[[Örebro Airport]] | |- |rowspan="3"|United Kingdom||[[East Midlands]]||[[East Midlands Airport]]||align=center| |- |rowspan="2"|London||[[Heathrow Airport]]||align=center| |- |[[Luton Airport]]||align=center| |}
==Fleet== {{multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | width = 200 | image1 = D-ALED@LHR_18AUG12_(8499377251).jpg | caption1 = EAT Leipzig [[Boeing 757|Boeing 757-200F]] | image2 = D-AEAS_(8753564040).jpg | caption2 = [[Airbus A300|Airbus A300-600RFs]] make up most of the EAT Leipzig fleet. | image3 = Leipzig Halle Airport European Air Transport Leipzig DHL Airbus A330-243F D-ALMA (DSC04687).jpg | caption3 = EAT Leipzig [[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-200F]] }}
===Current fleet=== {{As of|2025|8}}, European Air Transport Leipzig operates the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Global Airline Guide 2025 - European Air Transport Leipzig |magazine=Airliner World |date=September 2025 |page=60}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center" |+ EAT Leipzig fleet |- !Aircraft !In service !Orders !Notes |- |[[Airbus A300-600RF]] |27 | | |- |[[Airbus A330-200F]] |3 |— | |- |[[Airbus A330|Airbus A330-300P2F]] |3 |1 | |- |[[Boeing 757-200PCF]] |7 |— | |- !Total !40 !1 !colspan=2| |} 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=== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center" |+ European Air Transport Leipzig former fleet |- !Aircraft !Total !Introduced !Retired !Notes |- |[[Boeing 757-200PF]] |1{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} |2010 |2016 |transferred to [[DHL Air UK]] |- |[[Boeing 757-200SF]] |11{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} |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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vilniuje netoli oro uosto nukrito krovininis lėktuvas: žuvo mažiausiai vienas žmogus |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/verslas/4/2422029/vilniuje-netoli-oro-uosto-nukrito-krovininis-lektuvas |language=lt |access-date=25 November 2024 |publisher=LRT |date=25 November 2023}}</ref>
==See also== *[[List of airlines of Germany]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} * [http://www.dhl.com Official website of DHL]
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