TNT Express has leased a Boeing 747-400 ERF freighter to Emirates SkyCargo for a newDubai-Italy-Germany air cargo service. The weekly service will be upgraded to three weekly flights
by the summer.The new contract was sealed with the arrival of the first UAE-dedicated TNT aircraft at Dubaiwhere a ceremony was held with Emirates and TNT officials.
“The arrival of this brand new TNT-owned aircraft into Dubai is a significant milestone forus and will help strengthen our presence in the Middle East market which is one of our fastestgrowing segments,” said Martyn Wright, Managing Director-Gulf, TNT Express.
“It will initially service one of Emirates SkyCargo’s busiest routes from Milan to Dubaibefore embarking for Dusseldorf.”
This is the first of two TNT aircraft that will transit through Dubai. The weekly Sundayservice will increase to three operations a week by summer this year.
TNT’s Boeing 747-400 ERF also operates four times a week between Shanghai and the company’sEuropean Air Hub in Liège, Belgium.
