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  • Enormous Cargo Expansion by Emirates Group

    Emirates in planning to expand their cargo business in addition with Controlled Temperature Cargo

    Emirate is a renowned airline company serving for its customers since many years. It has also entered in the cargo line to give additional supportive services to customers. The evolution doesn’t stop here. The Emirates group has opened a Dh600 million cargo-handling extension, with a special cool-storage facility which is dedicated to pharmaceutical shipments to Africa from Dubai International Airport.

    Emirates Sky Cargo Extension

    The cargo business of Emirates is known as Sky Cargo and has expanded its existing 80,000 squares meter facility and added another 11,000 sq meters for massive cargo shipping projects. Out from the new expansion area, the 4,000 sq metres are dedicated to the SkyPharma which deals in pharma cargo.

    Last year, Sky Cargo was also expanded to 15,000 sq metres by Dh 700 million cargo-handling extension. This mighty expansion in the very next year is intimating that the coming years will bring mighty massive cargo developments.

    What Sheikh Ahmad bin Saeed Said?

    The Chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and Emirates group, Sheikh Ahmad bin Saeed said’ “this will be a good facility to serve the market and the whole region”.

    Before this expansion, the pharma handling and cargo operations were handled at Emirates general cool chain cargo areas. Now, Dubai South and Dubai International Airport has opened their segregated areas for temperature controlled cargo shipments.

    Strict European Union Guidelines

    In 2013, there are some strict guidelines forwarded from the European Union that there must be segregation for controlled temperature cargo shipping. Sky Cargo has expanded its cargo segregation and now handles products such as diabetes and cancer medicines, blood derivatives and vaccines.

    According to a recent survey, the total Cargo volume for Emirates regarding pharma shipping is 11,000 tones out of 2.5 million tones. Emirates Airlines is planning to capture massive cargo market, and this is one of their effective results towards their goal achievement.

  • Lufthansa raging on Gulf carriers

    The “Big Three” Gulf carriers take another swipe at the German flag carrier

    The Arabian airlines are posing great threats to Europe’s civil aviation infrastructure, says Lufthansa, the German flag carrier. Being a persistent critic of Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways, Lufthansa strongly believes that its business has been damaged by the Gulf carriers who are delivering air cargo to Africa and rest of the world at a price the other carriers can’t afford.

    According to German carrier, these “Big Three” are heavily subsidised by their governments to carry out their operations and ultimately enabling them to offer door-to-door cargo, parcel delivery and other freight related services at fairly cheaper prices. All three companies are denying these charges

    To make its point, Lufthansa has presented a briefing document in which it has set ou

    t the importance of air services, both passenger and cargo to the German economy. It further added that in Germany, airlines employ nearly 325,000 people who pay social insurance benefits and taxes of €23 billion annually.

    It also noted that other airlines in the Lufthansa Group – Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Swiss International Air Lines, are all playing vital role in their respective economies. Although the air cargo, by volume is responsible for 2% of exports but by value it constitutes 30% of exports.

    Airlines like Lufthansa Cargo – with their experience, their network, and commitment to location – are decisive partners for Germany’s globally active industrial enterprises. It is becoming ever more apparent that these structures are being massively undermined Europe-wide by the mega hubs along the Persian Gulf,” added the air freighter.

    The more alarming thing is that all these three Gulf carriers are deploying their fast-increasing fleets overseas and expanding their business at a rapid pace. Lufthansa also said that they believe in a fair competition, more than it has up to now and for that it is absolutely necessary to pursue an aviation policy.

    It further added that the European politicians can be of great help against non-European competitors if they don’t saddle them with regulations and additional levies.