BAX Global

Bax Global, Inc. is a global logistics company headquartered in Irvine, California, which was sold in 2006 to the German Railway Group and integrated in its logistics division Schenker AG 2007.

History

The present company BAX Global was founded on 15 June 1972 as a cargo airline of the Burlington Northern Railroad (BN ) under the name Burlington Northern Air Freight, Inc. ( BNAFI ) and initially offered national transportation between metropolitan areas of U.S.. 1982 acquired to date is mainly active as a CIT-company Pittston Company the BNAFI.

In 1986, the BNAFI with Burlington Air Express in 1980 furnished the names of their division for the (mostly in the " overnight " ) settled Express cargo transport as company name on to reflect the focus on in this division in particular. Since 1985, the company had its own aircraft fleet, whose hub was initially located in Fort Wayne and from 1991 in Toledo.

In 1993, Burlington Air Express took on the transport activity for international sea freight forwarding, which was significantly expanded in the following years. In 1997 the company was renamed again and bares the name of BAX Global.

Takeover by the German railway

On 16 November 2005 announced the firmierende since 2003 as The Brink's Company former Pittston Company, BAX Global at a cost of 1.1 billion U.S. dollars to the German Railways (DB ) for sale. Following approval by the antitrust authorities of the purchase January 31, 2006 was completed. The BAX Global 's own fleet of aircraft was sold to Cargo Holdings International in the course of which.

The integration of BAX Global in the DB Schenker logistics companies was " almost complete " in fiscal year 2007. BAX Global is on the U.S. market so far as legally independent company and established brand name continued, while the former BAX Global branches went up in other countries such as Canada and Singapore in particular also in the Schenker Group.

In July 2011 it was announced that the air cargo supply, which is currently operated by 20 aircraft in North America and Mexico, is set. Reason is the weak economic growth, coupled with high fuel prices. In the future, this cargo share is to be transported by land.