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Emirates flies first vaccine to UAE

Emirates SkyCargo flew the first Pfizer-BioNTech Covid to the UAE for the Dubai Health Authority, free of charge on a service from Brussels on 22 December. On arrival the containers were unloaded and taken to the Emirates SkyPharma facility to await clearance for delivery. The carrier has set up the world’s largest dedicated airside storage and distribution hub for Covid-19 vaccines in Dubai with the capacity to store up to ... [+]

Emirates’ not so mini-freighter

Emirates SkyCargo is now using its Airbus A380 aircraft on cargo charter operations. The first dedicated Emirates A380 ‘mini-freighter’ moved medical supplies between Seoul and Amsterdam via Dubai. The carrier’s engineering and flight operations teams have optimised the aircraft to safely transport around 50 tonnes of cargo per flight in ... [+]

Emirates sets up mega vaccine hub

Emirates SkyCargo says it will set up the world’s largest GDP- compliant air cargo hub in Dubai for global distribution of the Covid vaccine. It will be the world’s first dedicated airside cargo hub for the vaccine and will be created by reopening the Emirates SkyCentral DWC cargo terminal in Dubai ... [+]

Glasgow back on Emirates’ map

Emirates SkyCargo says it will operate scheduled cargo flights to 100 destinations in July. Cities added to the network include Glasgow, Accra, Algiers, Athens, Fort Lauderdale, Larnaca, Los Angeles, Male, Moscow, Phnom Penh, Rome, Santiago, Sialkot and Tunis. [+]

Emirates creates DIY freighter

Dubai-based Emirates SkyCargo is operating ten of its Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft with economy class seats removed allowing for up to 17 tonnes or 132 cubic metres of additional cargo capacity per flight on top of the 40-50 tonne cargo capacity in the belly hold. The modified planes are being ... [+]

Emirates flies to 75 cities

Emirates SkyCargo has expanded its weekly scheduled cargo flight operations to cover 75 destinations with the addition of Dublin, Colombo, Conakry, Dakar, Dhaka, Khartoum, Kuala Lumpur, Perth and Quito. It has also upped frequency of flights to several key destinations including London, Amsterdam, Beijing, Bengaluru, Brussels, Chennai, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hanoi ... [+]

Emirates resumes six-continents service

Emirates SkyCargo has recommenced weekly dedicated scheduled cargo flights to 67 destinations on six continents, including 11 in the Middle East, seven in Africa, 22 in Asia, six in Australasia, 15 in Europe and six cities in the Americas. Most are served by Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft with a cargo capacity of ... [+]

Emirates appoints India cargo manager

Emirates SkyCargo has appointed Abdulla Alkhallafi as its new cargo manager for India. Alkhallafi will be based out of Delhi and takes over from Keki Patel, who is retiring after more than 15 years. Alkhallafi joined Emirates in 2014 as part of Emirates SkyCargo’s Commercial Management Programme and was posted to ... [+]

Emirates delivers new e-commerce platform

Emirates SkyCargo has launched Emirates Delivers, a new e-commerce delivery platform that allows customers shopping from multiple online retailers in the US to consolidate their purchases and have them delivered to a home or office address. Emirates Delivers is available to individual or small business customers in the UAE. Customers ... [+]

Emirates managers break new ground

Emirates SkyCargo has appointed Alyazeya Saeed and Fatma Ahli as cargo managers in Oman and Kuwait respectively. The first Emirati female cargo managers graduated from Emirates SkyCargo’s Commercial Management Programme, which is designed to provide UAE Nationals with the skills and knowledge to prepare them for jobs in the industry. [+]

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