Emirates SkyCargo extends automated cool room
Emirates SkyCargo is extending its fully automated cool room with 94 airline pallet positions at its GDP certified pharma facility at Dubai International Airport. The extended cool room will provide an additional 2600 sq m of temperature controlled environment (2-25 degrees Celsius) for the storage and handling of vaccines and other pharmaceuticals. The new extension can […]
Emirates SkyCargo keeps NZ connected
Emirates SkyCargo restarted cargo flights to New Zealand in early May with its passenger freighter aircraft, working with the New Zealand government as part of its International Airfreight Capacity Scheme (IAFC) to connect exporters in New Zealand with their international customers. Currently the air cargo carrier offers cargo capacity on six flights a week from […]
Emirates SkyCargo marks one year of preighter flights
Emirates SkyCargo is marking the first anniversary of loading PPE, related supplies and other vital cargo on the seats and inside the overhead bins of its Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft. Responding to the pressing demand for transporting PPE during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in late April 2020, the freight division of Emirates […]
Emirates restarts flights to Mexico City via Barcelona
Emirates has announced it will resume four weekly services to Mexico City (MEX) via Barcelona (BCN) from July 2 2021, re-opening connectivity and boosting trade and tourism while providing customers worldwide with more connectivity, convenience and choice. The BCN-MEX route will be operated with a two-class Emirates Boeing 777-200LR. Emirates flight EK255 will depart Dubai […]
Emirates SkyCargo and Rickenbacker celebrate milestone passenger freighter flight
Emirates SkyCargo has operated the 500th passenger freighter flight serviced by Rickenbacker Airport (LCK), Ohio on April 1 2021. The 501st passenger flight to the airport was also operated by Emirates, EK 9909, arrived just two hours later at LCK airport. Both flights, operated by Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER mini-freighters, were transporting PPE and other essential cargo. […]
Emirates SkyCargo first to deliver 50m doses of COVID-19 vaccines
In the run up to World Health Day (7 April), Emirates SkyCargo has become the first airline cargo carrier in the world to have transported more than 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on its flights. The carrier has also transported more than 100 tonnes of syringes across the world to support the delivery of […]
Emirates SkyCargo marks one year of passenger freighter operations
A year ago today, Emirates flight EK 2503 took off from Dubai to Kuwait. Although operated on a Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft, EK 2503 carried no passengers but about 34 tonnes of bellyhold cargo that was urgently required in Kuwait. It was the first time in the history of its operations that Emirates had operated […]
Emirates team up with UNICEF
Emirates SkyCargo has signed an agreement with UNICEF to prioritise the transport of COVID-19 vaccines, essential medicines, medical devices and other critical supplies to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative spearheaded by UNICEF brings together a number of partners collectively capable of distributing essential supplies to more than 100 markets in support […]
Emirates roll out vaccine programme
The Emirates Group today started to roll out a COVID-19 vaccination programme for its substantial UAE based workforce in coordination with the Dubai Health Authority and the Ministry of Health and Prevention. The inoculation drive began this morning, with priority being placed on its frontline aviation workforce, including Cabin Crew, Flight Deck and other operationally […]
Emirates to deploy its iconic A380 to Sao Paulo
Emirates has announced that it will be operating its flagship Airbus A380 aircraft on the Dubai to Sao Paulo route between 9th and 30th January 2021. The Emirates A380 will be deployed four times weekly to Sao Paulo in response to the summer season increase in demand for travel to and from Brazil. This will […]
Emirates SkyCargo to set up the world’s largest GDP compliant air cargo hub in Dubai
Emirates SkyCargo is stepping up its readiness to handle the logistical complexities of distributing a potential COVID-19 vaccine globally by creating the world’s first dedicated airside cargo hub for the vaccine in Dubai. The air cargo carrier is taking a global leadership position by announcing that it will be re-opening its Emirates SkyCentral DWC cargo […]
Emirates SkyCargo uplifts a taste of Onam for expats
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates airline operated several additional cargo flights from Kerala this Onam season even as the state celebrated a low-profile Onam this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emirates SkyCargo operated several additional cargo flights from Kerala, carrying fruits, vegetables and flowers, giving expats a slice of their home as […]
Emirates SkyCargo: 10,000 flights in 3 months
Between April and June 2020, Emirates SkyCargo has facilitated the movement of essential commodities and other supplies for individual consumers and businesses across the world by operating more than 10,000 cargo flights to destinations across six continents. The flights were a mix of scheduled, ad-hoc and charter operations. Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional senior vice president, […]
Emirates SkyCargo’s global network grows to 75 destinations
Emirates SkyCargo has expanded its weekly scheduled cargo flight operations to cover 75 destinations across six continents. Through its wider reach, Emirates SkyCargo is able to transport essential commodities and other urgently needed cargo more rapidly across the world, allowing exporters and importers across markets to benefit from direct access to widebody cargo capacity. Some […]
Emirates SkyCargo drives optimisation of cargo capacity on flights
With close to 100 daily cargo flights operated to a destination network spanning more than 65 cities across six continents, Emirates SkyCargo is delivering essential supplies and commodities to people around the world. The air cargo carrier is currently operating 11 Boeing 777 freighter aircraft, each with a capacity to transport about 100 tonnes of […]
Emirates SkyCargo pulls out all stops to maintain UAE food supplies
Emirates SkyCargo has utilised the cargo capacity on its Boeing 777 freighter and Boeing 777-300ER passenger freighter aircraft to help maintain and replenish food supplies in the UAE during the Covid-19 pandemic. The air cargo carrier has helped import more than 34,000 tonnes of food into the country between January and April 2020, out of […]
Emirates SkyCargo marks 30 years of service between Riyadh and the world
Emirates SkyCargo is marking the 30th anniversary of its operations to the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Since February 1990, the air cargo carrier has played an important role in facilitating exports and imports of cargo between Riyadh and the rest of the world through Dubai. Emirates SkyCargo currently offers just over 1,000 […]
A specialist service for your pride and joy
In an average year, Emirates SkyCargo moves about 1,500 cars, and has a specialist team to ensure they are handled with the utmost care. Dennis Lister, vice president cargo commercial development for Emirates says the types of vehicles and clients are varied, but they are all handled with care. Sometimes they are personal vehicles being […]
Dubai Air Show: Delivery bot impresses at Cargo Connect
The effect of automation, artificial intelligence and digitalisation were the key topics at the Cargo Connect conference at Dubai Airshow 2019. Speakers including Dennis Lister, vice president, Cargo Commercial Development, Emirates SkyCargo, discussed the impact of the three key topics on the future of cargo and freight. An autonomous delivery device known as Roxo, exhibited […]
Emirates SkyCargo battles trade tension and unrest
Emirates Group profits grew by 8% for the half year 2019-20 period but the cargo division faced falling volumes and yields. Profits for the group were $320 million though revenue was down 2% to $14.5 billion, caused by the 45-day Southern Runway close at Dubai International Airport and unfavourable currency movements in Europe, Australia, South […]
Emirates Delivers speeds up online shopping
Emirates SkyCargo has launched Emirates Delivers, an e-commerce platform to allow customers shopping from US online retailers to consolidate purchases for delivery. Available to individual or small business customers in the UAE, Emirates Delivers supports Dubai’s vision to become a global hub for e-commerce as envisioned under the Dubai Silk Road Strategy. The service is […]
Emirates SkyCargo brings transparency to seafood
On Friday 6 September, a batch of Scottish salmon arrived in Dubai transported for Seafood Souq, a start-up working on transparent sourcing of seafood. The shipment flew on flight EK28 from Glasgow for the Dubai based start-up, which has created an online B2B marketplace helping seafood buyers procure products from across the world. The application […]
Busy summer of cargo for Emirates SkyCargo
Emirates SkyCargo has had a busy summer, moving over 150,000 tonnes of perishables and 27,000 tonnes of pharmaceuticals through Dubai between April and mid-August. Infrastructure at Emirates SkyCentral DXB and DWC have been upgraded with extensive cool chain facilities and dedicated storage space for pharmaceutical cargo. The terminals have a combined capacity of over two […]
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. […]
Longines Champions travel with Emirates SkyCargo
Emirates SkyCargo has transported almost 100 horses for the Shanghai leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour using the Emirates Equine product. The 91 horses boarded two Boeing 777 Freighters specially chartered for the occasion for their journey from Belgium. The horses were first led into specially designed horse stalls, which were then loaded directly […]
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 […]
Buddha statue puts Emirates in air cargo nirvana
Emirates SkyCargo has transported a 2,000 year old statue of Buddha to Switzerland and back for an exhibition at Zurich’s Museum Rietberg. The 1.7 tonne, two metre tall statue from the Peshawar Museum in Pakistan was transported from its home to Zurich and back by Emirates SkyCargo. The Gandhara Buddha was on loan for the […]
Emirates celebrates 15 years of services to Glasgow
Emirates is celebrating 15 years of services to Glasgow by operating Airbus A380s on flights to the Scottish city for a six-month stint. Over 4.5 million passengers have travelled between the two cities in addition to significant volumes of cargo. Over 80 million kilos have been exported from Scotland with Emirates SkyCargo since 2004 including […]
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 […]
