First shipment of DSV Panalpina moves from Huntsville to Luxembourg
DSV Panalpina has moved the first shipment from Huntsville to Luxembourg, Europe, since its merger on August 19.
August 31, 2019: DSV Panalpina has moved the first shipment from Huntsville to Luxembourg, Europe, since its merger on August 19.
On August 29, the US Aerospace team of DSV flew an engine, or more precisely, engine parts, on the %u2018Spirit of Panalpina'. From there, the engine parts were trucked to Airbus' production plant in Toulouse, France. It was the first time the new company served an existing customer through its combined network and the charter network in particular.
The engine parts were so called thrust reversers produced by an aerospace manufacturer. They go into aircraft engines and the engines are mounted onto A320neo aircraft. DSV has been doing business with both the manufacturer of the reversers and the engine producer for more than twenty years.
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Since 1990, Panalpina has been the one of the major freight forwarding companies to offer its charter network for air freight. Now it can act as an in-house carrier for the whole DSV Panalpina network and as a unique asset that differentiates the company from all other large freight forwarders. The network uses leased and chartered aircraft to guarantee capacity, and is structured to handle express and special shipments. One of the biggest benefits of the network is control. Not only does the company control aircraft on specific routes, it designs and oversees processes on the ground as well, ensuring the best possible control from door-to-door.
There will be many more opportunities to move aircraft parts and engines. For the entire year 2018, DSV Aerospace shipped 2,300 aircraft engines.
The next shipment is on September 1, an engine that was overhauled in Hannover, Germany, will be trucked to Luxembourg and flown the opposite direction across the Atlantic to Mexico via Huntsville.