emirates-skycargo
Emirates Skycargo has launched an Emirates Courier Express end-to-end delivery service. It aims to break away from traditional hub-and-spoke models, with packages making multiple stops before arriving at destination and instead travelling from origin to destination directly, like passengers. The carrier says that this significantly reduces time in transit and handling.
The carrier is offering different service levels, ranging from next day urgent delivery to a two-day Premium service.
Emirates Courier Express ...
[+]
Unit load device (ULD) management company SkyCell has launched a Net ZERO Reverse in partnership with Emirates SkyCargo to return empty airfreight containers at lower costs and emissions back to origin by sea. It says the one-way lease model cuts CO2 emissions by more than 90%.
Under Net ZERO Reverse, pharmaceutical ...
[+]
The first cohort of Emirates SkyCargo cargo managers have graduated from the carrier’s Executive Leadership training programme, while a second group of candidates are set to begin training in April.
The course provided candidates with tools focussed on future operations and industry trends, such as artificial intelligence (AI), embedding innovation, optimising ...
[+]
Emirates SkyCargo is gearing up for the summer wedding season by scaling up its cool chain capacity for perishables. It moved 3,590 tonnes of time- and temperature-sensitive fresh cut flowers in May, 20% up on the same month last year.
Ecuador and Kenya are the top two export origin locations; Ecuador ...
[+]
Emirates SkyCargo has added two leased Boeing 747-400Fs to its freighter fleet, the first instalment of a plan to double its capacity in next decade.
The Dubai carrier is expecting 15 more freighters to join its fleet from announced orders and its freighter conversion program, plus a boost in belly-hold capacity ...
[+]
Emirates SkyCargo has signed a memorandum of understanding with Air Canada Cargo, building on the two airlines’ strategic commercial partnership announced last year.
The two carriers will work closely on initiatives including expanding cargo interline options and block space agreements, pending any required regulatory approvals. The aim is to offer freight ...
[+]
Emirates SkyCargo has added the UK to its home delivery shopping platform. Emirates Delivers allows customers in the UAE to consolidate purchases from multiple UK e-commerce retailers into a single package to be transported by the Dubai-based carrier directly to their door. The service is already available in the US. ...
[+]
Emirates SkyCargo has taken delivery of a further Boeing 777-F, allowing it to maintain its fleet total of the type at 11 after returning another leased aircraft.
The Mideast carrier says its global markets are booming and it has recently increased weekly freighter flights to China by four, adding more than ...
[+]
Emirates SkyCargo transports more than 250,000 pieces of cargo every day, but what are the top five commodities that it transports in the run-up to Valentine’s Day?
Predictably, flowers top the list, and roses in particular with over 3,000 tonnes harvested from farms in Kenya, Ecuador, Colombia, Ethiopia and many other ...
[+]
Emirates SkyCargo has flown more than 600 million doses of the Covid 19 vaccine since October 2020, from 35 origins to over 80 destinations. Divisional senior vice president, Nabil Sultan, said that that nearly two thirds of them were headed to destinations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, with ...
[+]
