BAX Global was an American international
shipping
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company that was headquartered in
Irvine, California
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, and had other major offices in
Australia
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,
Singapore
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,
London
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, the
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and
Toledo, Ohio
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. The company was founded in 1971 also operated an airline. After having been acquired by
DB Logistics in January 2006, Bax Global was integrated with
Schenker, the land, sea, and air freight branch of DB Logistics. DB Logistics is the freight and logistics division of
Deutsche Bahn
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, the State-owned German railway company. In July 2011 Schenker Inc. announced it would give up its airfreight activities and stop the use of the remaining 20 aircraft.
History
The company originally opened for business in ten cities in the
United States
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on June 15, 1972, as Burlington Northern Airfreight, Inc. (BNAFI), a subsidiary of
Burlington Northern Railroad
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. In 1982, BNAFI was acquired by the
Pittston Company
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, which later became
Brink's
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. In 1986, BNAFI changed its name to Burlington Air Express, repositioning itself as an overnight air express company. The company acquired WTC Air Freight in 1987 and the assets of failed air freight carrier Roadway Global Air from
Caliber System in 1995. In 1997 the company changed its name to BAX Global, reflecting its expansion over all continents.
On January 31, 2006, BAX Global was acquired from Brink's by DB Logistics, the Transportation and Logistics Division of
Deutsche Bahn
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describes itself as the ...
, for $1.1 billion.
Burlington Air Express had a dedicated fleet of aircraft owned and operated by Air Transport International (ATI), a sister company also owned by Brinks. At the time of the sale of BAX Global to DB Logistics, ATI was sold to Cargo Holdings International. Cargo Holdings International is still under contract with BAX Global to provide dedicated lift.
In July 2011, Schenker Inc. (DB Schenker Logistics) announced it would give up its domestic airfreight activities in the US, Canada and Mexico and therefore would stop using the remaining fleet of 20 aircraft in the coming week as cargo had begun to be moved by trucks. This decision affected 700 employees and represented 10% of the Schenker Inc. business in this area.
Former fleet
(before acquisition)
* 18
Douglas DC-8
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F
* 10
Boeing 727-200F
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After the heavy 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airpo ...
* Several Boeing 747 for international charters
See also
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List of defunct airlines of the United States
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References
External links
Schenker, Inc.old BAX Global web page
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