Emirates Airline to strengthen their operations in Pakistan by starting air cargo to Multan International Airport

Emirates airline is one of the world’s busiest airlines and the subsidiary of The Emirates Group. The group is fully governed and controlled by the investment corporation of the Government Dubai. Emirates airline is also one of the major airlines of Middle East which is working over approximately 3,300 flights to more than 144 cities in 78 countries of the world.

Emirates is the 7^th largest airline in the world in terms of revenue, size and passenger carrying capacity. Emirates is one of those international players who are working in major cities of Pakistan after Pakistan’s own airline, PIA (Pakistan International Airline).

Emirates has announced to start its air cargo to Multan, the city of saints. Emirates as a global connector, has announced to launch its service to Multan International Airport Pakistan from August 01, 2015, which will help local exporters to send their cargo to any of 78 countries in the world where Emirates airline operates. Initially it will start with Boeing 777-300, four flights per week.

Multan is fifth major city of Pakistan by population and world’s oldest city as an antiquity, cultural and business hub. This major city is famous for many products such as wheat, cotton, sugarcane and especially mangoes. To open the trade opportunities in the origin, the airline could carry 23 tonnes of cargo.

According to the airline officials, flights will be leaving Dubai International (DXB) at 1820h on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. These flights will be arriving at Multan International Airport (MUX) at 2200h.

Emirates has also announced the return timings of the flights that on the same days of the week. The flights will return to Dubai at 2330h and arrive at Dubai International with almost 23 tonnes of cargo at 0120h. The cargo capacity for each way has been bar at 23 tonnes. The airline says that it was their long awaited dream to start their operations from the spiritual city of Punjab province. Airline will proudly cargo pottery, surgical equipment, vegetables and fruit from Multan to the world.

Additional flights from Karachi will be on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, starting from July 1^st.

Senior vice president of Emirates commercial operations in West Asia is pleased to announce the two more cities from Pakistan for cargo operations. He said that Pakistan now has become the fourth highly served country in the world by Emirates Airlines. It has 80 return flights every week, operating between Pakistan and Dubai then to the entire world.