EMIRATES SKYCARGO WOOS INDIAN CARGO INDUSTRY

Emirates SkyCargo has been conferred the honour of ‘Air Cargo Carrier of the Year’ at Air Cargo India 2008 (ACI 2008) for the second consecutive year. Ram Menen, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President Cargo, and Prakash Nair, Manager Network Cargo Sales Development, accepted the award on behalf of Emirates SkyCargo at a ceremony that was attended by the key figures of the Indian cargo sector. While delivering his address at the ACI conference on the theme The Emerging Market–The Road Ahead, Mr Menen urged the industry to be prepared to handle the expected growth. “The trade market with the highest growth is likely to be within the Asia Pacific region where its share will go from 24 per cent to 26 per cent by 2011, and India and China will be major players in this growth,” he said. After a series of high-level appointments and capacity expansion in India, Emirates SkyCargo spared no effort to reach out to the key players in the cargo market. The carrier targeted ACI 2008, the biggest event for the logistics operators in the region, to further leverage its efforts to this end. Emirates SkyCarge carried more than 1.2 million tonnes of freight in 2006-07 - an increase of 13.5 per cent over the previous year - while the division's revenue grew by 19 per cent to US $1.5 billion), accounting for a record 20 per cent of the airline's transport revenue. From Thailand, Emirates SkyCargo operates a Boeing 747-200F to Dubai on Fridays that has a capacity of 100 tonnes. The aircraft features a three-metre-high side door to enable the uplift of outsized shipments and to cater to special cargo such as automobiles and automotive parts. Outsize cargo, which is too big to be carried aboard passenger aircraft can now be professionally transported on Emirates SkyCargo’s dedicated service. Emirates SkyCargo also offers belly-hold capacity of up to 23,000 tonnes or 132 cubic metres on Boeing 777 aircraft. Ram Menen, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President Cargo, and Prakash Nair, Manager Network Cargo Sales Development, accept the award for Air Cargo Carrier of the Year from Dr. S.S.Sidhu, Governor of Manipur, India at ACI 2008. Media 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.emirates.com Click for photo release at www.thaipr.net

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