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Emirates SkyCargo ... the freight division of Emirates

Emirates SkyCargo boosts freight capacity to Geneva

DUBAI, June 13, 2016

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has doubled its cargo capacity to Geneva, Switzerland, with the launch of its second daily flight between Dubai and the Swiss city.

The recently launched new service offers nearly 140 tonnes of additional belly-hold cargo capacity every week to satisfy growing demand for Emirates SkyCargo services between Geneva and the Middle East, Far East and Australia, said the statement from the company.

The service is operated by a Boeing 777-300ER allowing customers to transport large and outsized cargo up to a height of 160 cm, it said.

Emirates SkyCargo currently serves three destinations in Switzerland offering belly-hold cargo capacity to Geneva and Zurich and a dedicated freighter service to Basel, it added.

The second daily flight to Geneva takes the total cargo capacity per week on Emirates’ Dubai-Geneva- Dubai route to 280 tonnes, representing an additional 26 per cent to the current cargo capacity by Emirates SkyCargo to and from Switzerland, said a statement.

Geneva is an important commercial and economic hub housing many of the world’s leading trading and trade finance companies, a growing cluster of pharmaceutical companies and the headquarters of various international organisations including, the International Red Cross. The region is also home to a number of the world’s leading luxury watchmakers, it stated.

Key items exported from Geneva include pharmaceutical products, automobile spare parts, chemicals, electronics, luxury watches and aid-related humanitarian cargo. Items imported into Geneva include poultry, meat, fish, other fresh produce and garments. Emirates’ second daily flight to Geneva broadens opportunities for local businesses in Switzerland to connect with global customers, it added. – TradeArabia News Service
 




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