Private company

European Air Transport Leipzig

German cargo airline

European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH – often shortened to EAT Leipzig or EAT-LEJ – is a German cargo airline with its head office and main hub on the grounds of Leipzig/Halle Airport in Schkeuditz, Saxony. It is wholly owned by Deutsche Post and operates the group's DHL-branded parcel post and express mail services. It also provides ad hoc charter services including livestock transport.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2005Founded¹

HeadquartersSchkeuditz¹
Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung¹
LEI529900Y9XEL0C8TPF833³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered addressAugust-Euler-Straße 1, 04435 Schkeuditz, Germany³
Registered withLocal Court Leipzig, HRB 22056³

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Corporate structure

European Air Transport Leipzig is part of a group headed by DHL Group. 44 entities, 14 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

DHL Group Bonn, Germany
- Blue Dart Express Mumbai, India
- European Air Transport Leipzig Schkeuditz, Germany
- ADAC Postbus Subsidiary · 100% · Post Tower, Germany
- Deutsche Post Direkt Subsidiary · 100% · Troisdorf, Germany
- Deutsche Post Fleet Subsidiary · 100% · Bonn, Germany
- DHL Air UK Subsidiary · 100% · Hounslow
- DHL Global Forwarding Subsidiary · 100% · Bonn
- DHL Hub Leipzig Subsidiary · 100% · Schkeuditz, Germany
- PPL CZ Subsidiary · 100% · Říčany, Czech Republic
- Deutsche Post Adress Subsidiary · 51% · Gütersloh, Germany
- Danzas Subsidiary
- Deutsche Post CSC Subsidiary · Monheim am Rhein, Germany
- DHL Subsidiary · Post Tower
  - AeroLogic Subsidiary · 50% · Schkeuditz
  - DHL eCommerce Subsidiary · Sarıyer, Turkey
  - DHL International Aviation ME Subsidiary · Al-Muharraq
  - European Air Transport Subsidiary · Brussels Airport
  - DeinFach Subsidiary · Germany
  - DHL Express Germany Subsidiary · Germany
- DHL Aviation Subsidiary · Bonn
- DHL Supply Chain Subsidiary · Bonn
- Renten-Service der Deutschen Post AG Subsidiary
- StreetScooter Subsidiary · Aachen
- DHL Aero Expreso Stake · 49.8% · Panama City
  - DHL de Guatemala Subsidiary · Guatemala City
  - DHL Ecuador Subsidiary · Guayaquil
- DHL Automotive s.r.o. Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
- DHL Express (Czech Republic) Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
- DHL Global Forwarding (CZ) Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
- DHL Information Services (Europe) Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
- DHL Solutions Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
- DHL Supply Chain s.r.o. Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
- Deutsche Post AG Subsidiary · Bonn, Germany
- and 9 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

Destinations

European Air Transport operates services to Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the United States as part of the DHL Aviation network. Besides over 75 smaller "air gateways", the major operational bases of DHL Aviation in Europe are:

Fleet

Current fleet

As of July 2026, European Air Transport Leipzig operates the following aircraft:

Former fleet

As of August 2025, European Air Transport Leipzig operated 27 Airbus A300, 3 Airbus A330-200F, 4 Airbus A330-300P2F and 2 Boeing 757-200PCF.

From Wikipedia’s article on European Air Transport Leipzig, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

DHL Group

From Wikidata.¹

Controversies and legal

Accidents and incidents

On 25 November 2024, a Boeing 737-400F (registered as EC-MFE) flying as Swiftair Flight 5960 on behalf of EAT Leipzig, crashed into a house while on approach to Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania. Out of the four occupants on board, one person died while two others were injured.