Emirates SkyCargo

Infobox Airline
airline=Emirates SkyCargo
logo=Emirates_logo.pnglogo_size=100
IATA=EK
ICAO=UAE
callsign=EMIRATES
parent=The Emirates Group
founded=1985
company_slogan=delivering the highest standards of product quality.
headquarters=Dubai, United Arab Emirates
key_people= Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Chairman/CEO),
Maurice Flanagan (Executive Vice-Chairman Emirates Airline and Group)
hubs=Dubai International Airport
focus_cities=
fleet_size=11 (+18 orders, 8 options)
destinations=34Cite web |title=SkyCargo Route Map |url=http://www.skycargo.com/ournetwork/routemap/routemap.asp |publisher=Emirates SkyCargo |accessdate=2008-02-24]
website= http://www.skycargo.com/

Emirates SkyCargo is a cargo airline based at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emiratescite news |title=Directory: World Airlines |work=Flight International |page=77 |date=2007-04-03] . It is a division of Emirates and started operations in October 1985. [Cite web |title=Emirates SkyCargo - About Us - Company Overview |url=http://www.skycargo.com/aboutus/companyoverview/companyoverview.asp?lnid=13110 |publisher=Emirates SkyCargo |accessdate=2008-04-07] It operates dedicated cargo flights to 34 destinations in 22 countries, whilst using bellyhold capacity in the Emirates passenger fleet.

Destinations

Emirates SkyCargo flies to the following cities:

Africa

Djibouti
*Djibouti - (Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport)Ghana
*Accra - (Kotoka International Airport)Kenya
*Eldoret - (Eldoret International Airport)
*Nairobi - (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport)Malawi
*Lilongwe - (Kamuzu International Airport)Nigeria
*Lagos - (Murtala Mohammed International Airport)South Africa
*Johannesburg - (OR Tambo International Airport)Sudan
*Khartoum - (Khartoum International Airport)Tunisia
*Tunis - (Tunis-Carthage Airport)Uganda
*Entebbe - (Entebbe International Airport)

Asia

;East AsiaChina
*Hong Kong - (Hong Kong International Airport)
*Shanghai - (Pudong International Airport)Taiwan
*Taipei - (Taipei Taoyuan International Airport);South AsiaBangaldesh
*Dhaka - (Zia International Airport)India
*Bangalore - (Bengaluru International Airport)
*Chennai - (Chennai International Airport)
*Delhi - (Indira Gandhi International Airport)
*Mumbai - (Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport)Pakistan
*Islamabad - (Islamabad International Airport)
*Lahore - (Allama Iqbal International Airport)
*Sialkot (Sialkot International Airport) [starts 2008] [Cite web |title=EK Skycargo To Start Cargo Ops From Sialkot Intl. |url=http://www.historyofpia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11874 |publisher=History of PIA |date=2008-07-16 |accessdate=2008-07-18] ;Southwest AsiaUnited Arab Emirates
*Dubai - (Dubai International Airport) Hub

Europe

Austria
*Vienna - (Vienna International Airport)Czech Republic
*Prague - (Ruzyne International Airport)Germany
*Frankfurt
**(Frankfurt International Airport)
**(Frankfurt-Hahn Airport)
*Hamburg - (Hamburg Airport)
*Munich - (Munich Airport)Netherlands
*Amsterdam - (Schiphol Airport)Italy
*Milan - (Malpensa Airport)Spain
*Barcelona - (Barcelona International Airport)
*Zaragoza - (Zaragoza Airport)Sweden
*Gothenburg - (Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport)Switzerland
*Zurich - (Zurich Airport)Turkey
*Istanbul - (Ataturk International Airport)

North America

United States
*Toledo - (Toledo Express Airport)

All of the above are served with freighter aircraft. Additionally Emirates SkyCargo carry freight throughout Emirates network through belly hold on passenger aircraft.

Terminated destinations

;Terminated destinations in AsiaChina
*Dalian - (Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport)India
*Bangalore - (HAL Airport)Singapore
*Singapore - (Changi Airport);Terminated destinations in EuropeBelgium
*Liège - (Liege Airport) [Cite web |title=Photo of old Emirates route map |url=http://www.airchive.com/Timetables%20and%20Maps/Europe%20Contribution/EK03-2.jpg|accessdate=2008-05-12] [The two 747-400ERF operated by TNT Airways are often seen in Liège, european hub of TNT] Hungary
*Budapest - (Budapest Ferihegy International Airport)Luxembourg
*Luxembourg - (Luxembourg Findel International Airport);Terminated destinations in North AmericaUnited States
*New York - (John F. Kennedy Airport)

Fleet

As of October 2008, the Emirates SkyCargo fleet consisted of: [ [http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=Emirates&where=40062&luck= Aerotransport.org Emirates fleet details] ] [ [http://www.skycargo.com/aboutus/ourfleet/fleetinfo/fleet.asp?lnid=14277 Emirates Skycargo official website "Fleet information"] ] [ [http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm?content=displaystandardreport.cfm&pageid=m25064&RequestTimeout=20000 Boeing Orders and Deliveries] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.skycargo.com Emirates SkyCargo]