DHL B757 , G-BMRJ to depart these shores

[David C]

If you need to photograph G-BMRJ make it soon ,as it will be leaving theses shores to take up residency in India for another DHL affiliate there .

Here is confirmation , grabbed from the BHX spotters forum in the UK .

Due 21/22 July will post details when known
B757F en route to Tasman Cargo Auckland. Being delivered to DHL AIR where it will take up it's old Airtours reg G-CSVS. Not sure how long the N Reg will be on suspect a few days whilst the transfer of reg takes place. Anticipated to be at EMA for couple of weeks at least. The current Tasman aircraft G-BMRJ which has been down there for a while is expected to go to Blue Dart India another DHL Airline for a period whilst they wait another B757F

Dave C

PS: Forgot to mention , it is currently reg N107AX ..Link here ..http://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/us/701AX

[Shayne G]

Precision Conversion has been awarded the contract to provide DHL with a full 15-pallet position 757-200 PCF freighter. The 1992 ex-Air Greenland, Rolls-Royce powered, Boeing 757-236 (msn 25620) was acquired for conversion at the end of March and will be redelivered in June 2011.

This article has a bit of info: http://worldairlinenews.wordpress.co...7-200-for-dhl/

[William Bradley]

Will this replacement 757F have the same DHL colour scheme?

[David C]

Yes William ... It arrived at East Midlands Airport on the 22nd at 2030Hrs local in full DHL colours from Bangor , using the flight number "Iceair 123 " .. It is expected to be there a couple of weeks prior to delivery to AKL . I will keep you posted as I know more . At the moment the reg N701AX is roughly taped on .

Dave C

[William Bradley]

Thanks David.

[Nigel C]

Does anyone know what happened to the old B727 DHL crew? Were they meant to be trained on the B757, or did the change of aircraft make them redundant?

[Shayne G]

G-BMRJ will leave at the end of August, so there is still some time left for those interested to catch it.

[James S.]

Originally Posted by Nigel C

Does anyone know what happened to the old B727 DHL crew? Were they meant to be trained on the B757, or did the change of aircraft make them redundant?

I'd like to know this as well, I always hear the pilots of G-BMRJ on the scanner with an English accent rather than Australian/NZ.

[William Bradley]

I think they were made redundant as the DHL Air 757 was wet leased so they had their own crew. When I spoke to them last year the tech crew were all looking for other employment.

[Shayne G]

DHL Air 757 was wet leased so they had their own crew

That is correct,
the current was wetleased for about a year which is perfect timing since it'll leave nearly on the one year anniversary since the B727 left our skies. I don't think the new 757 is wetleased so we may see the return of the B727 pilots if they have been certified to fly the 757!