EMIRATES CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF SUCCESS AT CARGO AIRLINE OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Voted Best Middle East Cargo Airline for 20th Consecutive Year Emirates SkyCargo has been voted Best Middle East Cargo Airline for the 20th consecutive year. It received the accolade at the prestigious Cargo Airline of the Year Awards, one of the premier events in the cargo industry calendar, which was held in London earlier this week. Ram Menen, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President Cargo who was present at the event, said: “Emirates SkyCargo is honoured to receive this award, and thrilled that the cargo industry continues to recognise our commitment to customer service and quality.” Emirates SkyCargo receives the award at a time of significant growth. The carrier’s Cargo Mega Terminal, with a capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per annum, has recently become fully operational. Emirates SkyCargo’s fleet continues to grow too, with the first of eight Boeing 777Fs entering service later this year. Last year saw the introduction of six new destinations to the carrier’s network. In addition to Cape Town which commenced in March, Emirates will commence services to Kozhikode (Calicut), Guangzhou, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Durban later this year. Emirates SkyCargo currently serves a global route network that spans 99 destinations in 62 countries. The awards are organised by trade magazine Air Cargo News and attract votes from readers across the world. In the financial year 2007-08, Emirates SkyCargo globally carried 1.3 million tonnes of cargo, an improvement of 10.9 per cent over the previous year’s 1.2 million tonnes; and recorded a revenue increase of 20 per cent to approximately 57,000,000,000 Baht ($1.8 billion), up from around 48,000,000,000 Baht ($1.5 billion) in 2006-07. In Thailand, Emirates SkyCargo operates 19 flights per week to Dubai, 7 flights per week to Hong Kong and 7 flights per week to Sydney and Auckland using Boeing 777-300ERs and 777-300s, which have a cargo capacity ranging from 16.5 to 23 tonnes. For more information please contact: Warangkana Paungsiri / Nuttakan Jitchansakul Spark Communications Tel: 0-2653-2717-9 Fax: 0-2653-2720 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] visit: www.skycargo.com Click for photo release at www.thaipr.net

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