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Emirates adds second Mauritius flight

Emirates has officially launched a new daily A380 service from its Dubai hub to Mauritius. It departs Dubai at 03.10, arriving in Mauritius at 09.40 and returns at 18.20 hours, arrving backs in Dubai at 01.10 the next day. Emirates also operates a second daily flight to the country using a Boeing 777-300. In 2012 Emirates carried 6,000 tonnes of cargo between Mauritius and its global network. [+]

Delivering more than just a plane

Airbus Corporate Foundation, Emirates Airline, and Action Against Hunger have signed a partnership today to use future A380 Emirates deliver y flights over the next few years to transport humanitarian support to the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot. The first goodwill flight, on 31 October, delivered 31 tonnes of food ... [+]

Emirates expands Pakistan flights

Emirates Skycargo has opened up its fifth Dubai-Pakistan route,a four times a week A330-200 service to Sialkot. The city is a major manufacturing hub and its addition to the network gives a total of 1,400 tonnes of capacity a week to the country. [+]

Emirates flies to Conakry

Emirates has started four times a week flights ( Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, departing 07.20, returning 15.25) from its Dubai hub to Conakry, Republic of Guinea, on the Atlantic coast of Africa.The Airbus A340-300 aircraft offer nearly 13 tonnes of cargo capacity per flight. Traffic is expected to include ... [+]

Boeing No. 10 for Emirates

Emirates SkyCargo has taken delivery of a tenth Boeing 777 Freighter aircraft, ahead of the move of its freighter operations to Dubai World Central’s Al Maktoum International Airport in May 2014. The aircraft is capable of carrying 103 tonnes of cargo and its main cargo deck is the widest of ... [+]

Emirates flies to Kabul

Emirates will launch its first flight to Afghanistan, between Dubai and Kabul's Khwaja Rawash Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan from 4 December. The route will be operated by an Airbus A340-500 departing Dubai daily at 09.55 and returning from Kabul at 15.30. [+]

Emirates adds fifth Pakistan route

Emirates is to launch services to Sialkot, its fifth destination in Pakistan, on 5 November. Flights will operate four times a week with an Airbus A330-200, offering up to 17 tonnes of cargo capacity. Sialkot is the capital of Sialkot District located in the north-east of the Punjab province in ... [+]

Sultan takes over from the Emir of airfreight

Emirates has found a successor to its long-serving cargo supremeo, Ram Menen, who retired from the Middle East carrier earlier this month. Nabil Sultan, whose career spans more than 20 years in commercial roles within Emirates, has been appointed the new divisional senior vice president, cargo. He was previously divisional ... [+]

Emirates ups Glasgow space

Emirates is to replace the Airbus A340-300 on its second Dubai-Glasgow service with a larger-capacity Boeing-777-300ER aircraft from 1 January. The new aircraft boosts weekly cargo capacity by 70 tonnes [+]

Emirates fined for price-fixing

An Australian court has fined Emirates $10 million for alleged price fixing of fuel and other surcharges. The Middle East carrier reached a settlement with the Federal Court in Sydney, becoming the tenth airline to do so. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is also due to start proceedings against Air ... [+]

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