Press Releases (archive)

26 October 2010 at 08:30 CET
TNT starts industry's first dedicated freighter service between Chongqing and Europe
Amsterdam – TNT Express today announces a direct scheduled B747 service between Chongqing, a fast-growing high-tech manufacturing center in Western China, and Europe, through TNT's Liege hub. In a first phase the service to Chongqing will operate three times a week. TNT is the first express company to offer dedicated flights between Europe and Chongqing in response to growing demand from the region's high-tech industry.


16 October 2010 at 17:25 CET
TNT ships 110 tonnes of food aid to Pakistan on World Food Day
Amsterdam / Liege –Today TNT airlifted 110 metric tonnes of food aid to Karachi to supply the Pakistani food assistance missions of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). This airlift supplements the facilities TNT already provides in Pakistan such as warehouse space and the necessary resources to operate these warehouses. The shipment of Plumpy'Doz, a peanut and vegetable fat supplementary food for infants that is fortified with vitamin and minerals, is enough to feed approximately 330,000 children for a week.


15 October 2010 at 08:30 CET
TNT Airways to introduce Boeing 777 to its fleet in 2011
Amsterdam - TNT Airways and Guggenheim Aviation Partners, LLC have signed an agreement for the delivery and lease of three new Boeing 777-200 Long Ranger Freighters. The first aircraft will be delivered and enter service by July 2011. The two other will enter service by the end of 2011.