Dubai-based carrier has launched services to 11 destinations in the Middle East, seven in Africa, 22 in Asia, six in Australasia, 15 in Europe and six cities in the Americas
Emirates SkyCargo operated over 2,500 dedicated cargo flights in April, transporting essential supplies such as protective equipment, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and food.
Emirates SkyCargo has begun flights to 67 destinations across six continents.
The Dubai-based carrier has launched services to 11 destinations in the Middle East, seven in Africa, 22 in Asia, six in Australasia, 15 in Europe and six cities in the Americas.
Out of the 67 destinations, 58 are served by Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft with a cargo capacity of around 40 tonnes and 24 cities are served by the Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 777-F aircraft with the ability to uplift 100 tonnes of cargo per flight.
Emirates SkyCargo operated over 2,500 dedicated cargo flights in April, transporting essential supplies such as protective equipment, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and food.
The air cargo carrier flew more than 1,650 flights on its Boeing 777-300ER passenger freighters and over 850 flights on its Boeing 777 freighters to over 80 destinations on scheduled and special charter services.
“Over the last six to eight weeks, we have had to work innovatively and around the clock to move essential cargo to destinations where they were most needed. We started with just about a dozen cities served by our Boeing 777-300ER passenger freighters at the end of March but within the space of a month we have scaled our operations to a point where we now have more than 65 destinations as part of our network and about 85 daily cargo flights,” said Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional senior vice president, cargo.
In total, the carrier transported an estimated 10,000 tonnes of personal protective equipment, medical equipment, devices and pharmaceuticals in the month of April on its scheduled and charter flights.
In addition to medical supplies, Emirates SkyCargo is also facilitating the transport of other items including perishables and fresh produce – between January and April, the company flew more than 85,000 tonnes of food around the world.
“Our cargo operations continue to grow, as we see strong demand and every day we work to connect more points with our flights. Our operations support not just the immediate relief efforts, but in a distributed global economy, they also help keep businesses and trade running,” said Sultan, who added that passengers would also be allowed to travel on cargo flights, should approvals be received from respective national authorities.
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