references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . september 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message bax global is an american international shipping company that is headquartered in irvine california and has other major offices in australia singapore london the netherlands and toledo ohio . the company which was founded in 1971 also operates an airline . after having been acquired by db logistics in january 2006 bax global is currently being integrated with schenker the land sea and air freight branch of db logistics . db logistics is the freight and logistics division of deutsche bahn 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 . contents 1 performance 2 history 3 fleet 4 references 5 external links performance edit bax global has 12 000 employees 500 offices in 133 countries and makes a 2.9 billion usd turnover . bax global describes itself as specializing in managing the movement of heavyweight packages and cargo of all shapes and sizes . history edit the company originally opened for business in ten cities in the united states on june 15 1972 as burlington northern air freight inc. bnafi a subsidiary of burlington northern railroad . in 1982 bnafi was acquired by the pittston company which later became brink s. 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 . 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 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 usa canada and mexico and therefore would stop using the remaining fleet of 20 aircraft in the coming week . the cargo began to be moved by trucks . this decision affected 700 employees and represented 10 % of the schenker inc. business in this area . 1 fleet edit bax global dc 8 71 f before acquisition 18 douglas dc 8f 10 boeing 727 200f several boeing 747 for international charters references edit http www.airliners.de barhite brandi 2008 05 23 . transportation is economic backbone of nw ohio . toledo free press . retrieved 2008 06 15 . stoughton stephanie november 16 2005 . deutsche bahn to buy bax global division . washington post . retrieved 2008 06 15 . california and the west ; german firm may bid for bax global of irvine . los angeles times . november 10 2005 . p. c. 2 . retrieved 2008 06 15 . orange county briefly ; bax global finishes up acquisition . los angeles times orange county edition . may 14 1998 . p. 8 . retrieved 2008 06 15 . external links edit schenker inc. old bax global web page v t e airlines of mexico major carriers aerom xico aerom xico connect interjet vivaaerob s volaris magnicharters minor carriers a reo calafia aeromar mayair tar aerolineas air taxi a reo servicio guerrero aerodavinci aeromaan aerotuc n avioquintana republicair cargo aeronaves tsm aerounion estafeta carga a rea latam cargo charter aerol neas ejecutivas aviesa flymex global air defunct aero california aero cuahonte aero ejecutivo aero jet express aero le n aerocancun aerocaribe aerolinair aerol neas internacionales aerom xico travel aeromexpress aeropostal cargo de m xico aerovias guest aladia airlines alma de m xico aviaci n del noroeste aviacsa avolar century aviation coculum aeron utica dgo jet latur l neas a reas allegro l neas a reas azteca mexicana cargo mexicana de aviaci n mexicanaclick mexicanalink mexicargo nova air puebla air lines quassar saro servicios aeron uticos de oriente taesa lineas a reas vuelamex westair de mexico list of airline holding companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bax global & oldid 709494502 categories logistics companies of the united statesairlines of the united statesairlines of mexicocargo airlinescompanies based in irvine californiahidden categories articles lacking in text citations from september 2010all articles lacking in text citations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 11 march 2016 at 07 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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