In the Americas region, we’ve opened a new regional hub located in Atlanta, USA. The hub in Mexico City was also expanded. At the end of the year, ten B737-800s were in service in the United States. Furthermore, DHL Aero Expresso Panama will become our primary carrier between the United States and Central and South America in the first half of 2023, with another converted B767-300 being introduced. Dedicated flights from Miami to Viracopos, Brazil, were introduced, with more than 300 tons of cargo capacity added per week.
In Europe, our fleet of next-generation aircraft grew to five A321-200s and twelve B737-800s in service in the year under review. We now operate three airlines regionally: DHL Air UK expanded its B767 operations in its new intercontinental role and added new B777s to its fleet. We also completed the integration of DHL Air Austria into the EU Aviation platform, and European Air Transport (EAT) has expanded operations into Asia (Bangkok, Hong Kong) and into the United States.
In the Asia Pacific region, we added intercontinental connections, increased direct flights to and from South and East China and added intra-Asia capacity on key growth lanes. Further, DHL Express and Singapore Airlines signed a crew and maintenance agreement in March 2022 to expand our link to the Americas. The first of the five freighters arrived in August 2022, and the second entered service in November 2022. An additional converted Airbus 330-300 aircraft entered service in September 2022, which enabled the upgrade of capacity between Hong Kong and Chengdu, China. Another four converted aircraft of this model are planned for delivery during 2023. With Air Incheon, a new regional partner airline was added to our network in northern Asia.
