Emirates SkyCargo

Emirates SkyCargo
IATA
EK		 ICAO
UAE		 Callsign
EMIRATES
Founded 1985
Commenced operations 25 October 1985
Hubs Al Maktoum International Airport
Fleet size 14 (+3 orders)
Destinations 35[1] [B]
Company slogan Delivering the highest standards of product quality
Parent company The Emirates Group
Headquarters Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Key people
  • Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Chairman & CEO)
  • Maurice Flanagan (Executive vice-Chairman of The Emirates Group)
Website www.skycargo.com/

Emirates SkyCargo (Arabic: الإمارات للشحن الجوي‎) is a cargo airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[2] It is the air freight division of Emirates, which started operations in October 1985, the same year Emirates was formed.[3] Since then it has been the main cargo division of Emirates, and the anchor cargo airline at Al Maktoum International Airport, its main hub. Emirates SkyCargo operates dedicated cargo flights to 20 destinations in 15 countries from Al Maktoum International Airport, and through the Emirates network has access to additional 79 destinations.[1] Whilst using bellyhold capacity in the Emirates' passenger fleet, it also operates freighter aircraft. Emirates SkyCargo is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group, which has over 40,000 employees, and is wholly owned by the Government of Dubai directly under the Investment Corporation of Dubai.[4]

In 2008 Emirates SkyCargo moved its operations into a 43,600-square-metre (469,000 sq ft) Cargo Mega Terminal, which has the capacity to process 1.2 million tonnes of cargo annually.[5] During the financial year 2008-09, EmiratesSkyCargo carried in 1,408,300 tonnes of cargo, an improvement of 9.8% compared to the previous year. Emirates SkyCargo, accounts for 20% of Emirates’ transport revenue.

As of 2013, Emirates SkyCargo is the third largest cargo airline in terms of the total freight tonne-kilometres flown and the largest in terms of international freight tonne-kilometres flown.[6]

History

Emirates SkyCargo was established in October 1985, at the same time as Emirates was launched,[7] operating as a separate entity from its parent company.[8] In its first year, SkyCargo handled over 10,000 tonnes of freight. SkyCargo leased the entire freighter fleet from Emirates, as well as taking over management of the cargo holds in all of Emirates' passenger aircraft.

The airline received its first award in 1989. Since then, Emirates SkyCargo has received more than 100 international awards – including Best Cargo Airline to the Middle East for 20 years in a row.[9]

Modern history

Emirates SkyCargo retired all their Airbus A310s in 2009

On October 3, 1993, Emirates SkyCargo signed an agreement with EC International to handle all cargo shipments from the United States to 24 countries serviced by Emirates – the Middle East, Indian sub-continent, Europe and the Far East.[10] New routes were launched when both Emirates began growing. Amsterdam was launched in 1997, the same year EmiratesSkyCargo was experiencing growth, and accounting for 16% of The Emirates Groups revenue.

In May 2003, the airline took delivery of a Boeing 747-400 freighter taking the freighter fleet to three Boeing 747s. Emirates SkyCargo was operating two Boeing 747-400s with capacity for 120 tonnes and a Boeing 747-200 with capacity for 110 tonnes.[11] In September 2004, the airline launched freighter services to Johannesburg and Lahore. On 20 November 2005, Emirates announced orders for eight Boeing 777 Freighters, with the first aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2007, at the Dubai Airshow. During the Farnborough Air Show in July 2006, Emirates signed a Heads of Agreement for 10 of Boeing 747-8F aircraft, to be powered by General Electric's GEnx turbofan engines, in a deal worth US$3.3 billion.[12]

In 2005, Emirates SkyCargo and Korean Air Cargo signed an agreement to codeshare cargo capacity on two routes from India – Delhi and Mumbai.[13]

In the financial year ending March 2006, SkyCargo announced revenues of over $1 billion and carried over one million tonnes of cargo. The freighter fleet included four freighters: one Boeing 747-400F and three A310-300Fs. In the same year, the airline also launched a freighter service to Barcelona using the Airbus 310 Freighter.

Boeing 747-400F landing at Frankfurt Airport

In 2008, Emirates SkyCargo moved its operations into its new Cargo Mega Terminal, built on a 43,600 square metre site, has increased the ground-handling capacity by 1.2 million tonnes per year. The new addition increases DXB's throughput capacity to 1.6 million tons a year.[14]

In March 2009, SkyCargo took delivery of a new Boeing 777 long-range freighter, bringing its total fleet to eight aircraft. In the financial year 2008-09, Emirates SkyCargo 1.4 million tonnes of freight, up 9.8 per cent over the previous year. The division produced revenues of AED6.7bn in 2007-8. Emirates SkyCargo generated 19 per cent of the Emirates Group's total revenues, which increased 9.9 per cent to AED44.2bn despite an 82 per cent fall in the its net profits, to AED982m.[15] The SkyCargo service alone employed over 1,000 people as of 2009.[16]

Developments

In April 2013 SkyCargo was voted Air Cargo News Cargo Airline of the Year.[17]

In July 2013, work started on a SkyCargo terminal. Once complete, SkyCargo will move their freighter operations from Dubai International Airport to the new facility at Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport. The facility is being built by Amana Contracting and Steel Buildings.[18]

Financial and operational performance

Emirates and SkyCargo financial and operational performance[C] [19]
Year ended Cargo carried (thousand tonne-km) Turnover (AEDm) Expenditure (AEDm) Net profit/loss (AEDm)
31 March 1997159.41,198.71,097.1Increase101.623
31 March 1998200.14,089.13,826.7Increase262.413
31 March 1999214.24,442.94,130.2Increase312.959
31 March 2000269.95,113.84,812.9Decrease300.900
31 March 2001335.26,417.35,970.7Increase421.825
31 March 2002400.67,274.66,783.7Increase468.231
31 March 2003525.29,709.78,749.6Increase906.747
31 March 2004659.813,286.311,602.1Increase1,573.511
31 March 2005838.418,130.915,628.3Increase 2,407.385
31 March 20061,018.523,050.920,489.6Increase 2,474.97
31 March 20071,155.929,839.626,675.9Increase 3,096.4
31 March 20081,282.140,196.635,121.7Increase 5,020.4
31 March 20091,408.344,188.943,143.4Decrease 981.7
31 March 20101,898.545,188,944,487.5Increase 1,132.7

Destinations

Emirates SkyCargo Airbus A310-300F
Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 777F arrives London Heathrow Airport (2015)

Emirates SkyCargo operates dedicated cargo flights to 20 destinations, of which 12 are served by both Emirates passenger aircraft and Emirates SkyCargo aircraft.

Fleet

The Emirates SkyCargo fleet consists of the following aircraft (at April 2014):[20]

Emirates SkyCargo Fleet [21]
Aircraft Total Orders Options Cargo capacity Notes
Boeing 747-400ERF 2[22] 0 0 117,000 kg (258,000 lb) operated by TNT Airways
(in Emirates colours)
Boeing 777F 12 2[23] 0 103,000 kg (227,000 lb)
Total 12 2 0

Fleet developments

Footnotes

Notes
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "SkyCargo Route Map". Emirates SkyCargo. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  2. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 77.
  3. ↑ "Emirates SkyCargo - About Us - Company Overview". Emirates SkyCargo. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  4. ↑ GulfNews.com - Emirates and Dnata now under ICD
  5. ↑ "Emirates SkyCargo". The Emirates Group. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  6. ↑ "IATA - WATS 58th - Scheduled Freight Tonne - Kilometres - 2013".
  7. ↑ "Emirates Sky Cargo | Agriculture and Industry Survey". Agricultureinformation.com. 2005-07-01. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  8. ↑ "news - Jet Aviation adds Emirates SkyCargo as new cargo client in Zurich". Noticias.info. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  9. ↑ "SkyCargo Awards - Air Cargo - Emirates SkyCargo". Skycargo.com. 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  10. ↑ "Article: Emirates and EC service agreement. Emirates Sky Cargo contract with EC... | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy". AccessMyLibrary. 1993-10-01. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  11. ↑ "Article: Emirates SkyCargo launches four freighter routes, THE INDEPENDENT. | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy". AccessMyLibrary. 2003-07-02. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Emirates places largest-ever order of Boeing 777s | Emirates". Ameinfo.com. 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  13. ↑ "Cargo News and Updates Blog::Emirates SkyCargo and Korean Air Cargo have signed an agreement to codeshare cargo capacity". Cargo.Pk. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
  14. ↑ "Cargo Mega Terminal - Air Cargo - Emirates Sky Cargo". Skycargo.com. 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  15. ↑ "Emirates SkyCargo boosts annual revenues to $2bn". google.com. 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  16. ↑ "Emirates SkyCargo The Middle East’s No 1 air freight operation". Emirates. 2012.
  17. ↑ Nigel Tomkins (29 April 2013). "Emirates SkyCargo does it again". Air Cargo News.
  18. ↑ (WAM), Emirates News Agency (17 July 2013). "SkyCargo terminal works start". Emirates 24/7. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "Annual Reports | The Emirates Group". Ekgroup.com. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
  20. ↑ "Emirates Sky Cargo - Our Fleet". skycargo.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  21. ↑ "CH-Aviation Fleet Lists". Ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  22. ↑
  23. ↑ Dubai Aerospace Enterprise - Aerospace Industry Headlines
  24. ↑ "DAE Capital adds 18 Boeing 747 and 777 Freighters in Emirates’ deal". Retrieved 2012-09-13.
  25. ↑ "Boeing’s newest 747 loses five orders". Retrieved 2012-09-13.

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