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Themajor carriers in theMiddle East have worked hard to capitalise on the natural advantages of their location. Situated halfway between Europe and China – and with Africa, the Indian sub- continent and the CIS countries all within easy reach – these airlines and their hub airports are quickly growing their infrastructure to profit from handling the huge volumes of air freight they foresee in the years ahead
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or a number of years nowsomemajorMiddle East-based airlines have operated freighter services to and fromChina to supplement the capacity offered by the bellyhold space on their scheduled flights.On the passenger side,Dubai-
based Emirates Airline currently serves three destinations inmainland China: Guangzhouwith a daily B777-300 flight; Beijing it goes to twice daily – once dailywith a A380-800 and oncewith a A340-500; and Shanghai twice dailywith B777-300 and A340-300 aircraft aswell as a daily
110-tonne-plus payload B747-400 freighter that supplements the substantial bellyhold cargo offering of the passenger fleet. Into Hong Kong, Emirates has
18 passenger frequencies aweek with amix of giant A380 and ‘freight-friendly’B777-300 equipment, plus 18 freighter services aweek operated by 103- tonne payload B777-200F aircraft. According to RamMenen,
Emirates divisional senior vice president cargo, themanwho heads the airline’s Emirates SkyCargo air freightwing: “The Asia toMiddle Eastmarkets have remained quite consistent and strong. However,we have seen some slackness in traffic between Europe/US out of eastern Asia, predominantly out of mainland China. “We think this is a temporary lull and that trafficwill get back on a growthmode after the ChineseNewYear.
Menen: “the Asia to Middle East markets have remained quite consistent and strong”
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