Emirates adds Lusaka and Harare

Emirates SkyCargo has bolstered its operations on the booming Africa trade route with the launch of flights to Lusaka and Harare on February 1, bringing its weekly cargo capacity into and out of the continent to over 6000 tonnes. “While many regions are experiencing challenging economic conditions, Africa – with a population in excess of one billion and rich in natural resources – is one of the few areas to record growth, and the long-term outlook is very positive,” said Ram Menen, Emirates’ divisional senior vice president cargo. The Dubai-Lusaka-Harare service will be operated five times a week by an A330- 200, providing a total weekly cargo capacity of up to 160 tonnes. South Africa – with a weekly capacity of more than 1500 tonnes spread across the belly-hold of 84 passenger flights serving Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, as well as two dedicated Johannesburg freighters – is the airline’s key trading point on the continent. Dedicated freighters also operate to Eldoret and Lilongwe, while the other points on Emirates SkyCargo’s African network – Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Accra, Cairo, Casablanca, Dakar, Dar el Salaam, Entebbe, Khartoum, Lagos, Luanda, Nairobi, Tripoli, and Tunisia – are served using either the belly-hold of widebody passenger aircraft, or a combination of the belly-hold and freighters.