Emirates adds freighter destination in Latin America
From today (16 January 2019), Emirates Skycargo is serving the Colombian capital Bogota once per week with a B777F that offers an overall cargo capacity of over 100 t. Bogota becomes the carrier's sixth cargo destination in South America after Buenos Aires, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago de Chile and São Paulo Viracopos.
The Dubai-based airline will work jointly with Avianca for the freighter service out of Bogota. The Colombian carrier will commercialise the capacity of the B777F on its return to Maastricht (Netherlands) to move cargo booked by its customers.
Both airlines are working on developing a deeper partnership to assist each other in the markets where their network is particularly well established: Emirates in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, Avianca in South America. (ah)