dnata gains IATA CEIV Pharma at DWC
Cargo handler dnata has gained IATA CEIV Pharma certification at its Dubai World Central (DWC) facility. The certificate at DWC complements accreditation at Dubai International, and joins its CEIV network in Amsterdam, Dallas, Singapore and Toronto. Amsterdam, London, Manchester, Singapore and Zurich are all certified to GDP standards. dnata has invested in infrastructure and equipment, […]
Emirates SkyCargo upgrades global pharma services
Emirates SkyCargo has upgraded its pharma capabilities with a new facility in Chicago, pharma corridors and GDP recertification in Dubai. The Chicago facility is dedicated solely to pharmaceutical shipments, spread over 1,000 square metres with scope for additional expansion. It provides protection for pharma cargo through temperature controlled zones for acceptance and delivery, build up […]
Emirates SkyCargo revs it up for Gumball 3000
For the second year running, Emirates SkyCargo will partner with Gargash to transport cars for the Gumball 3000 rally. The partnership was signed by Nabil Sultan, divisional senior vice president of Emirates SkyCargo, and Shehab Gargash, managing director and group CEO of Gargash Group, one of the largest distributors of premium cars in the UAE. […]
Seamless link between hubs for Emirates SkyCargo
With two hubs in Dubai, the trucks running between Dubai International and Dubai World Central provide a conveyor belt for pharma cargo according to Julian Sutch. The manager of global pharma sales for Emirates SkyCargo tells Air Cargo Week that, with streamlined processes, Emirates SkyCargo can offer transit times of just 4.5 hours between the […]
Horses fly first class with Emirates SkyCargo
Emirates SkyCargo is continuing to provide equines with a first-class service, with almost 2,000 horses using the Emirates Equine product. The number of horses flying with Emirates SkyCargo increased 20% compared to 2017, taking advantage of the airline’s extensive network spanning six continents and almost 40 destinations around the world. Emirates SkyCargo says horses get […]
dnata optimises operations at Dubai airports
dnata has launched a resource management system in Dubai to optimise operations and manage employees and resources at Dubai International and Dubai World Central. The resource management system is expected to significantly enhance operational efficiency, improve employee productivity and support better on-time performance. The platform will allow dnata to apply innovative technologies in its operations […]
Melbourne Cup winner flies with Emirates SkyCargo
Emirates SkyCargo has transported three-year-old horse Cross Counter to Dubai having won the 158th edition of the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s biggest horse racing event. Following the event, commonly referred to as the race that stops a nation, Emirates SkyCargo transported the champion horse from Melbourne to Dubai on board a Boeing 777 Freighter on 11 […]
Uni-top Airlines touches down at DWC
Dubai World Central (DWC) has welcomed the inaugural flight by Uni-top Airlines, providing services to Kunming in Yunnan province. The Chinese airline will operate three flights a week between DWC and Kunming, the capital of Yunnan in southwest China. DWC is the world’s 22nd busiest cargo hub by international freight volumes, and is home to […]
RSA National opens the doors to DWC air cargo terminal
RSA National has opened the doors to its flagship air cargo terminal at Dubai World Central, supporting the UAE’s vision of becoming the world’s leading logistics hub. The joint venture between National Air Cargo and RSA Global has the vision to operate as a one-stop, boutique integrator offering multimodal supply chain solutions specialising in services […]
Emirates SkyCargo drives one million ULDs between Dubai hubs
Emirates SkyCargo has transported the millionth unit load device (ULD) through its bonded corridor trucking service connecting Dubai International Airport and Dubai World Central. The trucking corridor was launched in April 2014 when Emirates SkyCargo started freighter services from Dubai World Central. A fleet of 49 trucks, including 12 refrigerated trucks for temperature sensitive goods […]
UAE remains regional gateway for air cargo
Dubai is not only the hub of UAE air cargo but the chief gateway for the whole GCC region, covering Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, writes Stuart Flitton. Dubai International (DXB) opened in 1960 and services grew at a fast pace with enormous increases in passenger numbers and freight traffic. In 2010 Dubai World […]
dnata to provide Egyptair with cargo handling services at DWC
Dnata has extended its partnership with Egyptair by providing cargo handling services for freighter flights to Dubai World Central (DWC). Egyptair will initially operate one cargo flight a week between Dubai and Cairo using an Airbus A300 Freighter. Dnata has been providing Egyptair with ground handling services at Dubai International Airport since 2005, and says […]
First quarter cargo traffic grows 8.9% at Dubai World Central
Cargo traffic at Dubai World Central (DWC) grew by 8.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2018. Airport operator Dubai Airports says DWC increased to 229,831 tonnes, compared to the first quarter of 2017, when it handled 211,144 tonnes. DWC is home to 20 scheduled cargo operators flying to 68 destinations around the world, […]
Emirates flies first UAE built satellite to Seoul for space mission
Emirates SkyCargo has transported the first satellite developed and built by Emirati engineers in the UAE to Seoul on its first journey into space. The KhalifaSat was developed and built at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and the remote sensing satellite will provide images of the earth for practical applications in a variety […]
Oil & gas helps get CargoLogicAir services off to a flying start
CargoLogicAir’s (CLA) first scheduled route has got off to a flying start due to strong demand from the oil and gas industry from the USA to the Middle East. It launched twice-weekly Boeing 747-400 Freighter services in August with Europe-Mexico, Europe-Middle East and USA-Middle East connections, and has carried over 2,000 tonnes of cargo in […]
CargoLogicAir starts scheduled services to Dubai and Hong Kong
CargoLogicAir has launched its second scheduled service with weekly flights connecting London and Frankfurt with Dubai and Hong Kong. The Boeing 747-8 Freighter with 135 tonnes of cargo capacity will depart London on Saturdays from Europe to the Middle East and Hong Kong, with a direct Hong Kong – Stansted service arriving in the UK […]
Cargolux and Emirates SkyCargo enter into codeshare partnership
Cargolux Airlines International and Emirates SkyCargo are to enter into a codeshare partnership, using cargo capacity on each other’s flights and offering services under their own air waybills and flight numbers. Earlier this year the two airlines announced the start of a strategic operational partnership working closely on a number of areas including block space […]
Cargo up 3.2% in first half at Dubai World Central
Freight volumes at Dubai World Central (DWC) grew 3.2 per cent in the first half of 2016, handling 443,835 tonnes. DWC is ranked as the 20th busiest international cargo airport in the world and the volumes were up from 430,132 tonnes in the same period of 2016. Dubai’s second airport is home to 26 scheduled […]
New agreements set to boost Cargolux into the future
The first six months of 2017 have been quite something at Cargolux Airlines International as it penned two significant agreements and looks to expand its business. In May, the carrier signed a strategic operational partnership with Emirates SkyCargo and last month took a 25 per cent stake in new freighter carrier Henan Cargo Airlines to […]
Emirates SkyCargo operates first Luxembourg freighter service
Emirates SkyCargo operated the first of its scheduled weekly freighter service to Luxembourg Airport on 12 June. Emirates SkyCargo’s freighter operation between Luxembourg and Dubai World Central is one of the first steps in the strategic operational partnership between Emirates SkyCargo and Cargolux Airlines announced in May, which both says will customers access a wider range […]
DWC sees volumes grow 6.5% in Q1
Dubai World Central’s (DWC) airfreight volumes increased 6.5 per cent during the first quarter of the year with 211,144 tonnes being handled compared to 198,295 during the same three months last year. After first opening for cargo in June 2010, the operator Dubai Airports says DWC is already ranked as the 20th busiest airport globally for international airfreight […]
Fourth quarter surge helps DWC cargo grow in 2016
Cargo volumes at Dubai World Central (DWC) have grown 0.8 per cent to 897,998 tonnes in 2016 with a surge in the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, cargo was up 10.3 per cent 252,300 tonnes up from 228,770 tonnes in the same period of 2015. Passenger numbers were up 84.5 per cent in 2016 […]
Challenging year for dnata but it sees steady growth
2016 was year of steady growth for dnata and it says its United Arab Emirates operations continued to grow, and marked several milestones during the course of the year. The cargo handler says despite challenges in the aviation industry and increased economic pressures around the globe, it “remained resilient and delivered the high quality service its customers […]
Emirates SkyCargo adds Oslo to its freighter network
Emirates SkyCargo has started weekly freighter services from Oslo to Dubai to cater for increasing Norwegian seafood exports, which have doubled in the last six years. The route will be served by a Boeing 777 Freighter with over 100 tonnes of capacity, which brings weekly capacity out of Oslo to 175 tonnes including bellyhold space […]
Volga-Dnepr brings power to Zimbabwe
Volga-Dnepr Gulf has brought power to Zimbabwe by transporting a 200MW diesel-fuelled power plant to Harare for power provider Aggreko. Ruslan International, the Antonov AN-124 joint venture between Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Antonov, was contracted to fly the 79 tonne shipment with Volga-Dnepr Gulf providing a full logistics support on the ground. The bulk of the […]
Emirates opens GDP certified SkyPharma facility in Dubai
Emirates SkyCargo unveiled its purpose-built pharmaceutical facility at Dubai International Airport (DXB) at a press event in Dubai today. Members of the media including Air Cargo Week were given a tour of the Emirates SkyPharma facility and attended the official opening. His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of chief executive of Emirates Airlines and […]
First half freight dive of 2.9% at Dubai World Central
Dubai World Central handled 430,132 tonnes of freight in the first half of 2016 – a fall of 2.9 per cent compared to the first half of 2015 when the airport handled 443,011 tonnes of freight. Dubai’ second gateway is the main cargo hub for the Emirate and is home to 34 scheduled cargo operators […]
Not all rosy but dnata still happy with performance
Dnata is happy with how business in Dubai is going despite reduced military traffic causing a slowdown, senior vice president – UAE cargo, Bernd Struck tells Air Cargo Week. “In our part of the world, not everything is rosy but it is pretty good, we are actually celebrating, we had a good year. The cargo […]
Dnata passes one million tonne mark at DWC
Dnata has handled one million tonnes of cargo at Dubai World Central (DWC) since 2011, helped by 90 per cent growth in volumes since 2011. Since its first full year of operations in 2011, cargo volumes have increased from 89,729 tonnes to 170,260 tonnes in 2015, far exceeding the original growth forecast of 20 per […]
Emirates SkyCargo launches new protection for pharmaceuticals
Emirates SkyCargo has launched a next-generation version of its innovative protection product for valuable temperature-sensitive cargo, such as pharmaceutical products. The carrier says White Cover Advanced, utilises DuPont’s patented Tyvek material made of high density polyethylene to form a tough protective barrier against varying external temperatures and direct sunlight. The special material is water resistant to […]
