Our frontline employees are our DHL heroes and it is because of their dedication and hard work during this crisis that we are able to continue delivering excellence to our customers,” Parra said.
Because overall shipment capacity has been reduced due to commercial airline flight cancellations, DHL Express added more flights to keep its operations running smoothly. The company has supplemented its own network with additional aircraft and charters needed to meet the high demand for urgent PPE shipments. At its Americas Hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), the company added a flight to Canada, which was used in the transport of 45,000 shipments of masks, surgical scrubs, gloves, thermometers and other PPE in April. Another flight from London was added, and a Boeing 777 with a Cincinnati-Los Angeles-Sydney-Singapore route was added as a permanent network change; shortly after implementation, the flight frequencies were increased from 5x per week to 7x per week, providing 110 tons per week of additional capacity.
DHL Express has also sent roughly 10,000 shipments with aid to the Americas region via Miami, with more than 180,000 tests kits going to Central America last month. The company added a Brussels-Miami flight to its Miami Gateway, increasing capacity to 225 tons per week. Since February, DHL Express has also moved more than 10,000 lbs. of essential materials to Chile, including 1 million masks, as well as special equipment needed to build and maintain respirators.
In addition, DHL Express teamed up with several governments in Central America to transport essential equipment, including 60 valves needed to create digital respirators in Guatemala and test kits to Honduras. Last week, Quito’s Mayor Jorge Yunda announced the first 5000 test kits that arrived to Ecuador via DHL, and this week, an additional 50,000 arrived in Quito.
由于商业航空公司航班取消导致整体运输能力下降，DHL Express 增加了更多航班以保持其运营顺利进行。该公司通过额外的飞机和包机来补充自己的网络，以满足对紧急 PPE 运输的高需求。在其位于辛辛那提/北肯塔基国际机场 (CVG) 的美洲枢纽，该公司增加了飞往加拿大的航班，该航班在 4 月份用于运输 45,000 批口罩、手术磨砂膏、手套、温度计和其他 PPE。增加了另一架从伦敦起飞的航班，并增加了一架具有辛辛那提-洛杉矶-悉尼-新加坡航线的 777 作为网络变更；实施后不久，飞行频率从每周 5 次增加到每周 7 次，提供每周 110 吨的额外运力。
DHL Express 还通过迈阿密向美洲地区运送了大约 10,000 批货物，上个月有超过 180,000 个测试套件运往中美洲。该公司在其迈阿密门户增加了布鲁塞尔-迈阿密的航班，每周运力增加到 225 吨。自 2 月以来，DHL Express 也运送了超过 10,000 磅的货物。包括 100 万个口罩，以及制造和维护呼吸器所需的特殊设备。
此外，DHL Express 还与中美洲的几个合作，将必要的设备运输，包括在危地马拉制造数字呼吸器所需的 60 个阀门和到洪都拉斯的测试套件。上周，基多市长豪尔赫·云达 (Jorge Yunda) 宣布首批 5000 个测试套件通过 DHL 抵达厄瓜多尔，本周，又有 50,000 个抵达基多。
也是在本周，DHL Express 向整个纽约州的医院和医疗机构的 Northwell Health 网络捐赠了 10,000 个 N95 防护口罩。该公司在美国境外购买了口罩，然后将它们运往纽约肯尼迪机场的 DHL Express Gateway 设施。
DHL Express 继续致力于向美洲地区运送基本医疗用品，但它的帮助不**于基本医疗设备。在墨西哥，该公司与 Fundación Walmart México 合作，向沃尔玛的老年志愿者运送了 250 吨食物，优先考虑这些运送，并了十几辆当地送货车辆向全国各地的老年人分发超过 22,800 份膳食。