Aircraft
DHL Orders Eight Boeing 777 Freighters
First deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled for 2022.
DHL Express has taken delivery of 10 Boeing 777Fs out of an order for 14 placed in 2018. (Photo: DHL)
DHL Express has taken delivery of 10 Boeing 777Fs out of an order for 14 placed in 2018. (Photo: DHL)

Boeing on Wednesday secured its second freighter order in as many days as DHL Express signed a deal to buy eight more 777Fs. The contract, which calls for first delivery next year and includes options on another four of the widebodies, marks another step in DHL’s intercontinental network expansion as the wider air cargo business struggles to keep up with capacity demands created by a loss of belly space in passenger airliners during the Covid-19 crisis.