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When Dubai Cargo gateway was built in 1991, it was designed to handle 150,000 tonnes of cargo per year. The 300,000-square-metre complex was built at a cost of $75 million (about Dh 275.5 million) to accommodate air and sea freight growth and facilitate transshipment operations between the Indian sub-continent, South East Asia, the Far East and Europe.
Emirates SkyCargo (Arabic: الإمارات للشحن الجوي) is a cargo airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [1] As of 2020, it is the fourth largest cargo airline worldwide in terms of the total freight tonne-kilometres flown and international freight tonne-kilometres flown.
Emirates was founded in March 1985 with backing from Dubai's ruler, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. On 25 October 1985, Emirates operated its first flight from Dubai to Karachi and Mumbai, using the Airbus A300B4-200 and the Boeing 737-300, both wet-leased from Pakistan International Airlines.
The new facilities will be named Al Maktoum Airport Cargo Gateway and Al Maktoum International Airport. The initial phase, it is expected to handle 700,000 tonnes of cargo per year and by the scheduled 2013 completion it is expected to become the largest of its kind in the world, handling more than 12 million tonnes of cargo annually. [needs ...
As of September 2023, Emirates operates flights to 133 [1] destinations in 85 countries across six continents from its hub in Dubai. [2] It has a particularly strong presence in the South and Southeast Asian region, which together connect Dubai with more international destinations in the region than any other Middle Eastern airline.
Dubai Airports Company was structured in 2008 to take control of Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central in Jebel Ali, Dubai International Airport, and Dubai Cargo Village. [ 1 ] In 2016, Dubai Airports started working on the expansion of the Al Maktoum International Airport , from 66,107 to 145,926 sq metres.
The airport projects that international passenger and cargo traffic will increase at an average annual growth rate of 7.2% and 6.7%, respectively, and that by 2020 passenger numbers at Dubai International Airport will reach 98.5 million and cargo volumes will top 4.1 million tonnes.
The next year, the company opened offices in India, offering air travel, hotel, and visa services for travellers between India and Dubai. [3] [4] In 2015, dnata acquired RM Ground Services in Brazil. The acquisition allowed dnata to provide international airports with outsourced aircraft ground handling, cargo transport, and airline meal ...