Playing the right notes to move First Fleet Piano
In January 1788, a square piano made by Frederick Beck become the first keyboard instrument to land in Australia, now it has returned to London thanks to Emirates SkyCargo. The ‘First Fleet Piano’ landed in Sydney on board the HMS Sirius, one of 11 First Fleet ships that sailed on an eight month voyage from […]
Emirates and DuPont celebrate 10 years of success
Emirates SkyCargo and DuPont Safety & Construction have celebrated the 10th anniversary of their partnership for cold chain solutions in the air cargo industry. The two companies launched their partnership when they released the Emirates SkyCargo White Cover – the first pallet cover made with Tyvek that revolutionised cold chain protection of temperature-sensitive products in […]
Emirates SkyCargo to add Bogota to network
Emirates SkyCargo will open a new trade lane to South America with weekly freighter services to Bogota, Colombia from 16 January. The Colombian capital will become Emirates SkyCargo’s sixth South American cargo destination, and third served by freighter aircraft. Flight EK9930 will arrive in Bogota at 22.00h local time on Wednesday and depart from the […]
Emirates SkyCargo flies 2.6 million tonnes of cargo
Emirates SkyCargo transported almost 2.6 million tonnes of cargo in 2018, including fruit and vegetables, space satellites, pharmaceuticals and domestic pets. Over 73,000 tonnes of pharmaceutical cargo flew with Emirates SkyCargo, including 1.8 million doses of vaccines flying from Italy to Brazil. The exclusive freighter flight carried 36 special purpose containers in what Emirates SkyCargo […]
Emirates celebrates five years of flights to Ecuador
Emirates SkyCargo has celebrated five years of facilitating exports of Ecuadorian roses and other flowers and perishables with freighter flights to Quito. Weekly services were launched in December 2013, and due to demand, Emirates now operates four Boeing 777 Freighter flights a weekly from Ecuador’s capital city. Emirates SkyCargo has transported more than 50,000 tonnes […]
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 […]
Cargo steady while profits at Emirates tumble
Cargo volumes at Emirates have fallen slightly while half year 2018-19 airline profits have slumped 86 per cent due to currency issues and high fuel costs. Airline revenue was up 10 per cent to 48.9 billion dirhams (AED) ($13.3 billion) but profits were down 86 per cent from AED 1.6 billion to AED 226 million […]
Cargo iQ helps Emirates set service standards
Emirates SkyCargo is reinforcing its service standards using the Cargo iQ framework and achieved a number of significant milestones in the process. The airline monitored nearly 823,000 shipments using Cargo iQ guidelines in the first six months since it received certification. According to data published by Cargo iQ, Emirates SkyCargo is one of the largest […]
Emirates brings exports from Sri Lanka to the world
Emirates SkyCargo transported 27,000 tonnes of cargo from Colombo in 2017-18, representing almost a quarter of airfreight exports from Sri Lanka. With 28 flights to and from Colombo a week with the capacity to carry 20 tonnes of cargo per Boeing 777 flight, Emirates SkyCargo is one of the main carriers of Sri Lankan trade. […]
Emirates SkyCargo promotes trade with Vietnam
Emirates SkyCargo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Investment and Tourism Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City to promote trade with Vietnam. The agreement was signed in Dubai by Emirates divisional senior vice president for cargo, Nabil Sultan and Investment and Trade Promotion Centre Ho Chi Minh City director, Pham Thiet […]
Emirates marks two years of freighter flights to Oslo
Emirates SkyCargo has celebrated two years of freighter operations at Oslo Airport, offering 100 tonnes of cargo capacity per week. Norway is one of the world’s largest exporters of seafood and exports of salmon were valued at around $4 billion in the first six months of 2018. Over the last two years, Emirates SkyCargo has […]
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 […]
Emirates SkyCargo flies first horses to FEI World Equestrian Games
Emirates SkyCargo has transported the first group of 67 horses for the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018. The horses were flown from Liege, Belgium to Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina in an Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 777 Freighter. This is the first of 19 flights that Emirates SkyCargo will be operating as a special charter for one […]
Emirates SkyCargo to fly aid to flood hit Kerala
Emirates SkyCargo will carry over 175 tons of relief cargo to Kerala, India to help those affected by flooding. The relief goods will be transported on more than a dozen flights to Thiruvananthapuram, the nearest online Emirates station to the areas most affected by the floods. The goods, including lifesaving boats, blankets and dry food […]
Take your furry friend on holiday with Emirates Pets
Emirates SkyCargo has launched Emirates Pets, a product developed to offer air transport for domestic pets. The entry level service, Emirates Pets offers airport to airport transportation for pets across the carrier’s network. The owner of the pet will be responsible for completing all the required paperwork and clearances needed for the transport of the […]
Emirates SkyCargo flies 25 tonnes of vaccines to Brazil
Emirates SkyCargo has transported over 25 tonnes of vaccines from Milan to Belo Horizonte, the first time the Brazilian airport has received such a large shipment of vaccines. The shipment of 1.8 million doses had to be transported in specialised containers to remain at a constant temperature of 5C. A total of 36 Envirotainer containers […]
Emirates SkyCargo helps save lives in Africa
Emirates SkyCargo has helped deliver lifesaving medical equipment from Seoul, South Korea to several countries in Africa. Since 2015, the airline has transported over 800,000 units of malaria tester kits and other associated equipment from South Korea to countries including Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Nigeria. South Korea is a major exporter of medical and […]
Emirates SkyCargo flies Alfa Romeos to the Gumball 3000 rally
Emirates SkyCargo has partnered with luxury car distributor, Gargash to transport two Alfa Romeos from Dubai to London for the Gumball 3000 rally. The Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio and Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio were transported onboard an Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 777 Freighter, which can carry up to 100 tonnes of cargo and has a wide […]
Emirates sees big potential in South America
South America has long been touted as one of the world’s most promising emerging markets. Brazil even supplied the ‘B’ for the oft-quoted ‘BRICS’, alongside Russia, India, China and South Africa, writes Neil Madden. But over the past decade, Brazil and many of its neighbours have seen mixed economic fortunes, which have disappointed the region’s […]
Emirates SkyCargo flies Formula Student car to racing glory
Emirates SkyCargo has been entrusted with transporting a racing car designed, developed and built by university students in Sri Lanka. The Di-MORA P2 racing car of Team Shark from Moratuwa University was transported to the UK using Emirates SkyCargo’s Emirates Wheel product, so it could take part in Formula Student 2018 at the Silverstone Circuit […]
Indian mango exports prove fruitful for Emirates SkyCargo
Emirates SkyCargo has transported record volumes of mangoes from Mumbai in May and June with growth of more than 50 per cent. Close to 1,130 tonnes of mangoes were uplifted from Mumbai to other destinations around the world using the belly space of passenger aircraft as well as freighters. Since April 2018, over 2,650 tonnes […]
Emirates adds Santiago to its South American network
Emirates will add Santiago, Chile to its network providing up to 15 tonnes of cargo capacity per flight to the region. The Boeing 777-200LR services will start on 5 July providing cargo capacity for Chilean exports including salmon and other perishables. Chile is the world’s second largest producer of farmed salmon and exports of salmon […]
Emirates SkyCargo signs MoU with Cainiao Network
Emirates SkyCargo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cainiao Smart Logistics Network to let the logistics arm of Alibaba Group use Dubai as a hub. The two companies will work closely to manage e-commerce shipments in the Middle East and other neighbouring regions, with further details of the tie-up to be announced as […]
Emirates touches down at Stansted Airport
Emirates’ first flight to London’s Stansted Airport touched down on Friday 8 June, bringing the total number of flights between Dubai and the London airports to 10 a day. The Boeing 777-300ER touched down just before 14.00h, making Stansted the 7th airport in the UK from which Emirates operates, and the third in London after […]
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 […]
Emirates SkyCargo’s Henrik Ambak elected Cargo iQ vice chairman
Emirates SkyCargo’s Henrik Ambak has been elected vice chairman of Cargo iQ, and the group has also welcomed board members from Qatar Airways Cargo and Swissport for the first time. Ambak brings over three decades of air cargo experience with him, having started his career in freight forwarding, moving to ground handling, before joining Cargolux […]
Emirates SkyCargo picks Harman as cargo manager for Switzerland
Emirates SkyCargo has appointed David Harman as cargo manager for Switzerland, taking responsibility for all operational and commercial aspects in the country. He has over 30 years of international aviation and cargo experience, having previously worked as vice president for dnata Ground and Cargo Handling in Zurich, and held various positions through the years at […]
We’re All Winners!
The stars of the global airfreight industry gathered on Thursday at the Jumeirah Himalayas Hotel in Shanghai to honour those companies that put the customer first, meaning they grabbed the winner’s trophy. Nine categories were up for the popular vote from individuals in the worldwide industry. After being verified and checked, the results remained a […]
Emirates to launch daily flights to Edinburgh
Emirates is continuing to expand its UK network with daily flights connecting Dubai with Edinburgh from 1 October. Flight EK023 will depart Dubai at 0955h and arrive in Edinburgh at 1450h, before the return flight, number EK024 will leave Edinburgh at 2015h and arrive back in Dubai at 0640h the next day, providing connections to […]
Expansive Emirates looks to more direct shipments
Sometimes it’s hard to discern exactly where the focus of a company is: Emirates Sky Cargo is such a company, writes Michael Mackey. This is a company that applies itself to both extending its roster of destinations and the frequency of services as well as the specific services available on them. Both sides of this […]
