Emirates

Nor-Shipping 2025 to welcome Emirates as Lounge Partner

Terje Grue, Emirates Country Manager for Norway and Iceland

Nor-Shipping 2025, taking place 2-6 June in Oslo and Lillestrøm, has announced a major partnership with Emirates. The leading airline has signed as Lounge Partner, taking charge of the luxurious Emirates Lounge at the exhibition centre, while also offering Nor-Shipping participants and visitors exclusive fares.

– Emirates is a global brand known for quality and service, and we are proud to have them as our Lounge Partner in 2025....

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/10/nor-shipping-2025-to-welcome-emirates-as-lounge-partner/

Emirates leases additional Boeing 747 freighters to meet shipper demand

Emirates, the fourth-largest cargo airline in the world by traffic carried and No. 2 in passengers, said Wednesday it has increased main-deck cargo capacity by 15% with the wet lease of two additional Boeing 747-400 freighters to meet surging demand. 

The large all-cargo aircraft are being rented under a multiyear transportation services agreement with Bulgaria-based Compass Cargo Airlines, the Dubai-based carrier said in a news release.

“We anticipate that demand will continue to boom,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/emirates-leases-additional-boeing-747-freighters-to-meet-shipper-demand

Emirates to nearly double 777 freighter fleet by late 2026

Emirates, a top-five airline by cargo tonnage, has ordered another five 777 freighters from Boeing for delivery in 2025 and 2026 to support growing cargo demand, the Middle East airline announced Monday.

The carrier currently has 14 777-300 freighters on firm order from Boeing, including five it committed to purchase in July.

Emirates also said its SkyCargo division has signed a multiyear lease extension with Dubai Aerospace Enterprise for four 777 cargo jets in its existing fleet. The company...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/emirates-to-nearly-double-777-freighter-fleet-by-late-2026

Emirates’ 777 order underscores Airbus’ outlook for large freighters

The cargo branch of Dubai-based Emirates, the world’s fourth-largest airline by freight traffic, committed Tuesday to purchase an additional five 777 freighters from Boeing for $1 billion, adding needed supply of widebody freighters as demand for air shipping grows.

The announcement comes a day after Airbus upgraded by 3.3% its demand forecast for widebody freighters through 2043 but trimmed its overall outlook for freighter aircraft.  

The Emirates order builds on one in 2022 for five 777 cargo...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/emirates-777-order-underscores-airbus-outlook-for-large-freighters

Emirates taps Kalitta Air to fly rented 747 freighters

The air cargo division of Emirates has temporarily augmented its fleet with two older Boeing 747 jumbo jet freighters to meet expected demand while it waits for manufacturers to fill orders for new aircraft, the Dubai-based airline said Monday.

The 747-400s are being wet leased — a rental bundled with crews that fly the aircraft — and are currently being deployed to Chicago three times weekly and to Hong Kong nine times weekly. Emirates did not identify who is providing the transportation...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/emirates-taps-kalitta-air-to-fly-rented-747-freighters

Αστρονομικά κέρδη για την Emirates

Σημάδια ανάκαμψης διαφαίνονται για τη βιομηχανία αερομεταφορών, καθώς η ζήτηση έχει αυξηθεί σημαντικά και τα οικονομικά αποτελέσματα των εταιρειών είναι εντυπωσιακά. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, ο κολοσσός της βιομηχανίας Emirates κατέγραψε ρεκόρ κερδών α’ εξαμήνου, οπότε και τα κέρδη του διαμορφώθηκαν περίπου στα $1,09 δισ. το α’ εξάμηνο του οικονομικού έτους 2022/2023.

Η εν λόγω εξέλιξη συνιστά απόρροια της επανόδου της ζήτησης για επιβατικές μεταφορές σε διεθνές επίπεδο και της άρσης πληθώρας...

https://www.naftikachronika.gr/2022/11/12/astronomika-kerdi-gia-tin-emirates/

Emirates to retrofit 10 Boeing 777 jets for cargo

A white cargo jet with Emirates gold lettering and black/red coloring on tail passes camera on runway.

The airfreight division of Emirates said Tuesday it is more than doubling an initial order to convert used 777-300 passenger jets into cargo haulers, putting the fleet on track for 21 freighters by 2026 to meet shipper needs for more air transport. The airline is also beefing up short-term capacity in China, as exports there ramp up from China in the wake of multicity COVID quarantines.   

Emirates in November reserved four production slots with Israel Aircraft Industries to reconstruct four...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/emirates-to-retrofit-10-boeing-777-jets-for-cargo

Emirates invests in converted and new 777 freighters

Close up photo from side of an Emirates jet, with cargo being loaded in door.

Emirates signed a sales agreement Monday making it the second customer for Israel Aerospace Industries’ Boeing 777 large-freighter conversion program currently under development, just as fledgling U.S. rival Mammoth Freighters announced its first order. IAI also struck a deal with a leasing company to structurally modify 10 standard-size Boeing 737-800s for dedicated cargo transport.

The flurry of contracts are a reflection of the booming air cargo market, the need for more dedicated freighters...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/emirates-invests-in-converted-and-new-777-freighters

How are 325 horses getting to the Tokyo Olympics?

A dark brown show horse in a competition.

The Olympic Games will begin in one week in Tokyo – a year behind schedule because of the COVID pandemic. One of the 46 sports on display will be equestrian, which is divided into three disciplines: dressage, which highlights the elegant ballet-like moves of the horse and rider, jumping and a triathlon of sorts that includes the first two disciplines plus a cross-country test.

Getting the equestrian teams and all their equipment to the Olympic Games is an enormous undertaking and the air cargo...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-are-325-horses-getting-to-the-tokyo-olympics

Cargo-in-cabin innovation remains popular for some airlines

Interior shot of airplane passenger cabin loaded with boxes strapped to the floor.

Passenger aircraft dedicated purely to cargo operations have played an important role during the pandemic in delivering critical humanitarian and commercial supplies, as well as generating revenue for cash-strapped airlines when travel plummeted.

Most airlines used the bottom half of airplanes for cargo, where it normally shares space with baggage, but some added extra capacity by storing light shipments in the passenger cabin and even removing seats to allow for full floor loading.

The economics...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cargo-in-cabin-innovation-remains-popular-for-some-airlines

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