Emirates SkyCargo honoured again at Air Cargo Africa

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, was named the ‘Highly Acclaimed Global Cargo Airline of the Year’ at the Air Cargo Africa awards held in Johannesburg on 22nd February 2017. The award was accepted by Khalid Al Hinai, Emirates Vice President, Cargo Commercial Africa at the ceremony held at The Barnyard Theatre and attended by senior cargo executives from all over the continent.

Air Cargo Africa is an international biennial air cargo event organised by STAT Times, an international multimodal transport publication, and serves as an industry platform to showcase one of the key sectors of the economy in the African region. The awards in each category were decided after a two stage online voting process by readers of The STAT Times.

Emirates SkyCargo offers state of the art cool chain capabilities for the transport of perishables such as fruits and vegetables. Emirates SkyCentral DWC – Emirates SkyCargo’s dedicated cargo terminal for freighter aircraft - has close to 15,000 square meters of dedicated storage space for temperature-sensitive goods such as pharmaceuticals, fresh fruits and vegetables and seafood. Emirates SkyCargo also operates 12 dedicated reefer trucks 24/7 between Dubai World Central and Dubai International Airport.

Through its global network of over 150 destinations, Emirates SkyCargo facilitates the exports of perishables from Africa to various parts of the world making an important contribution to the local economies. This includes fruits and vegetables transported from Kenya to the Middle East and the UK, meat from Ethiopia and Tanzania to the Middle East, fresh fish from South Africa, Senegal and Uganda to Europe, and strawberries, truffles and tomatoes from North Africa to the Middle East. The carrier also facilitates the movement of large volumes of fresh flowers from Kenya and other African flower growing nations to the rest of the world.

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