Cargolux has transferred all of the handling for its freighters at Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport to Emirates SkyCargo, as part of the two carriers’ cargo partnership agreement.

According to Cargolux, its customers now benefit from state-of-the-art infrastructure which will be particularly beneficial for the pharma sector. Emirates’ facility, called SkyCentral, offers dedicated temperature-controlled areas, cold storage rooms, cool cells and pharmaceutical storage rooms, enabling Cargolux to provide customers with fast and efficient services with high connectivity. Emirates SkyCargo also operates a specially commissioned fleet of trucks connect DWC to other airports in the UAE.

Both airlines have signed interline agreements that further strengthen the cooperation and give customers a wider range of services and destinations, and the handling cooperation at both hubs allows for the seamless movement of cargo between the two operators.

Cargolux and Emirates SkyCargo signed a strategic operational partnership agreement in May 2017, covering shared capacity, block space and interline agreements, hub connectivity and shared handling. SkyCargo launched a weekly freighter service connecting Dubai and Luxembourg with a Boeing 777F in June 2017, handled by Cargolux’s partner Luxair Cargo.