Shanghai’s Pudong International airport had a special visitor on the day of the Qixi festival. Rosie Emirates SkyCargo’s rose-liveried Boeing 777 freighter aircraft arrived at the Chinese city during the early hours of 28th August to mark the day known as Chinese Valentine’s Day.

 

Shanghai is one of Emirates SkyCargo’s scheduled freighter destinations. Emirates SkyCargo operates a daily freighter service to Shanghai and also offers customers freight capacity on its twice a day passenger flights from the city. Some of the major commodities exported by Emirates SkyCargo from Shanghai include branded electronic goods, fashion garments, pharmaceuticals and telecommunication equipment.

 

 

Back in Dubai, Rosie also featured prominently in an initiative organised by Emirates SkyCargo to mark the South Indian festival of Onam. The festival is celebrated by those living in the state of Kerala as well as by over a million Keralites living in the Middle East region.

 

Every year, Emirates SkyCargo transports significant volumes of perishables including bananas and banana leaves from Kerala to the Middle East during the run up to Onam. The fruits and vegetables are used to prepare the traditional festive banquet called the ‘Onam Sadhya’.  Flowers brought in from India are also used in traditional ‘Onam Pookalams’ which are intricate and colourful floral arrangements and form an integral part of Onam festivities. A special ‘Onam Pookalam’ was put together by staff at Emirates SkyCargo to underline how the air cargo carrier helps bring a taste of home to expatriates in the region.

 

In the first three weeks of August 2017, Emirates SkyCargo transported close to 2,200 tonnes of fruits and vegetables from India to the rest of the world out of which close to 1,700 tonnes were air freighted to several destinations in the Middle East region. Emirates SkyCargo offers specialised transportation solutions for perishables including temperature and time sensitive fruits and vegetables.