Emirates’ wide-bodied freighter aircraft to city

Thiruvananthapuram: For the first time, a wide-bodied freighter aircraft will be operated by the Dubai-based Emirates Airlines to Thiruvananthapuram this week.
A Boeing-777 freighter aircraft, EK 4908, would be departing for Thiruvananthapuram from Dubai at 6 a.m. on Tuesday and would arrive here at 11.30 a.m. There would be 100 tonnes of cargo on board the aircraft. From Thiruvananthapuram, the aircraft would fly to Hong Kong as a ferry aircraft by 1 p.m., it is learnt.
Though the service is being operated as a non-scheduled chartered flight, industry sources feel that it is a prelude to the commencement of regular freighter services from Thiruvananthapuram in the near future. Emirates officials had earlier hinted at plans to operate cargo services between Kerala and UAE, it may be recalled.
However, when contacted by Expresso, Emirates officials said that there was no decision to commence cargo services to Thiruvananthapuram or any other airport in Kerala.
26/04/10 Arjun Raghunath/ExpressBuzz

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