DHL to increase the number of flights in West Africa new regional hub

To meet the growing demand of express service in West Africa, recently, DHL company built a regional hub in Senegal's capital Dakar, added 3 international and domestic routes, expanding the scope of business and infrastructure in West africa.
The new route to include a European direct Dakar B757 day flights and two from neighboring regions of ATR72 flights. The new regional hub covers an area of 400 square meters, has opened operation in early 11, mainly used for handling import and export business, is expected to optimize the distribution process, to further improve the quality of service. Previously, it was still in Nigeria Lagos to build a large regional hub.
DHL in sub Saharan Africa area responsible person said, in the past few years, we are fully aware of the importance of upgrading and expansion of the Africa regional hub. With more and more multinational enterprises in Africa market, small Africa enterprises as well as more and more eager to develop cross-border trade in West Africa, growing demand for transport of goods, logistics infrastructure requirements are also getting higher and higher. In view of the continuing growth of Dakar market, DHL will Second West African regional hub in Dakar.
The new Paris - Brussels - Dakar flights by day, Boeing 757-200 SF operation, carrying capacity of 30 tons, can realize the interconnection of Dakar hub and DHL Global network. Two other ATR 72 cargo plane, each with a carrying capacity of 8 tons, covering Senegal, Guinea flight range, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and mauritania. Because the two cargo cargo door, can complete the loading pallet, so efficient operation, safety.
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2013-11-30