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Tuesday, Oct 04, 2005
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Airlines Emirates SkyCargo to raise capacity on Indian routes — To use Korean Air Cargo services Vimala Vasan
Abu Dhabi , Oct. 3 EMIRATES SkyCargo and Korean Air Cargo have signed a code-share agreement for cargo capacity on two key routes from India — New Delhi and Mumbai. Experiencing a strong surge in demand from the Indian economy, Emirates SkyCargo now offers its customers additional 20 tonnes of capacity to Dubai on Korean Air Cargo's Boeing 747-400F services — Fridays from Delhi and Wednesdays from Mumbai, according to a statement from Emirates airline. Mr Peter Sedgley, Emirates' Vice-President of Cargo Commercial Operations, said, "In the last financial year, India contributed more than 7 per cent to Emirates SkyCargo's overall revenue." From Delhi, Emirates SkyCargo transports large shipments of garments, knitwear, hosiery, handicrafts and leather, while from Mumbai it carries courier traffic, garments, perishables, pharmaceutical products, valuables and print publications to Dubai. From its hub, the cargo division transports a majority of these shipments to the consumer markets of West Asia, Europe and Africa on its vast network, using a combination of belly-hold and dedicated freighter services. Mr Jinho Yun, General Manager at Korean Air Cargo, said, "We are delighted to partner with Emirates SkyCargo on the critical Delhi and Mumbai sectors. "It provides flexibility as well as better fleet and capacity utilisation — a win-win situation for both parties." Emirates SkyCargo offers 43 non-stop, weekly, belly-hold services in its fleet of Airbus A330-200 from Dubai to India— 19 to Mumbai, seven to Delhi, four to Chennai, eight to Hyderabad and five to Kochi. Additionally, it serves three cities — Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai — on a weekly basis with a dedicated Boeing 747-200F offering 105 tonnes of payload capacity. The combination of freighter and belly-hold services provides customers a total of 1,000 tonnes of cargo capacity every week both to and from six Indian cities. The cargo division has strengthened its road feeder services and bonded trucking on several routes in India, such as from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, and Coimbatore and Tirupur to Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi.
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