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Emirates orders five more freighters

Emirates SkyCargo has made a firm order for five additional Boeing 777 freighters for delivery between 2025 and 2026. The US$ 1billion order will take the airline’s total order book to 315 wide-body aircraft. They will increase available main deck cargo capacity by 30% providing a long-term solution to the current capacity crunch, says the Dubai-based carrier. Emirates SkyCargo says it has had consistently high load factors and tonnages surpassing ... [+]

Emirates trains cargo managers of the future

Emirates SkyCargo has launched a bespoke training programme to equip the cargo leaders of tomorrow with commercial and leadership skills. Two groups of 16 are being chosen from Emirates SkyCargo’s pool of cargo managers and include both Emirati nationals as well as others from the airline’s outstations. The 15 day programme ... [+]

Emirates Delivers to Saudi

Emirates SkyCargo has extended its Emirates Delivers e-commerce solution to Saudi Arabia. Shoppers from across the Kingdom can now shop online in the UK, US and the UAE and use Emirates Delivers for international, shopping at retailers that don’t deliver to the Middle East. Emirates Delivers will bring the packages ... [+]

Emirates to restart Lagos flights

Emirates is to resume services to Nigeria from 1 October with a daily Boeing 777-300ER service between Lagos and Dubai. With the resumption of operations to Nigeria, Emirates will operate to 19 gateways in Africa with 157 flights per week from Dubai. [+]

KN takes direct approach with Emirates

Emirates SkyCargo capacity is now available on Kuehne+Nagel’s internal booking engine, the first time the carrier has made its services available via a freight forwarder’s own portal. It streamlines the booking process for Kuehne+Nagel agents, providing access to the airline’s schedules, rates and available capacity in real-time. The facility has ... [+]

Emirates orders five more freighters

Emirates has made a firm order for five new Boeing 777-200LR freighter aircraft, two of which will be delivered in 2024 and three in 2025. The agreement, worth over US$ 1.7 billion at list prices, takes the airline’s total order book to 200 wide-body aircraft. Chairman and chief executive of Emirates ... [+]

Emirates comes to aid of flood-stricken Pakistan

Emirates SkyCargo has set up an airbridge between Dubai and Pakistan to offer cargo capacity free of charge on flights to transport relief in the wake of the devastating floods. Cargo capacity on all Emirates’ passenger flights to Pakistan will be available to organisations based at International Humanitarian City (IHC) in ... [+]

Emirates receives eleventh freighter

Emirates SkyCargo has received another Boeing 777F, taking its dedicated 777 freighter fleet to 11 aircraft. From Boeing’s Paine Field in Seattle, A6-EFT headed to Hong Kong to pick up its first load before touching down on Saturday morning at its new home, Dubai World Central, with a full load of ... [+]

Emirates moves a billion vaccines

Emirates SkyCargo said on 4 April that it had transported over a billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines on its aircraft within 18 months of the first trial shipment in October 2020. It has carried more than 4,200 tonnes to over 80 destinations on over 2,000 flights. Close to two-thirds of ... [+]

Emirates to fly to Tel Aviv

Emirates is to start daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv, Israel from 6 December. It will be operated by Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, offering 20 tonnes of cargo capacity each way. Exports from Tel Aviv are expected to include pharmaceuticals, high-tech goods, vegetables and other perishables and in the other ... [+]

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