Oslo service facilitates transport of key exports and trade goods from salmon to horses, pharmaceuticals to machinery
Emirates SkyCargo has completed two years of operating its Boeing 777 freighter aircraft to Oslo. The air cargo carrier operates a weekly freighter service to the Norwegian capital offering close to 100 tonnes of cargo capacity per flight.
Norway is one of the world’s largest exporters of seafood and exports of Norwegian salmon were valued at around US$ 4bn for the first six months of 2018. Over the last two years, Emirates SkyCargo has helped transport close to 35,000 tonnes of Norwegian salmon from Oslo to a number of important export markets in the Middle East and East Asia.
In addition to salmon, Emirates SkyCargo’s freighter service also helps transport considerable volumes of other cargo. Over more than 100 scheduled freighter flights since October 2016, large items including aircraft engines, ship propellers weighing more than 10 tonnes apiece and other outsized spare parts for the marine industry have been carried by the carrier’s Boeing 777 freighter aircraft to and from Oslo.
In December 2017, Emirates SkyCargo’s freighter aircraft also carried thoroughbred horses from Oslo to Dubai for the Dubai racing season. The Oslo freighter service also carries pharmaceuticals and other general cargo.
The press statement noted that Emirates SkyCargo is the world’s largest international cargo airline and in the financial year 2017-18, carried over 2.6mn tonnes of cargo across six continents.
