Emirates SkyCargo to fly to Oslo from Sept. 2

Emirates SkyCargo is to start operations to Oslo, Norway, from September 2. 

Oslo will become Emirates SkyCargo’s third gateway in Scandinavia after daily passenger and cargo services were introduced to Copenhagen, Denmark, in August 2011 and Stockholm, Sweden, in September 2013.

The start of a daily service to Oslo, with an Emirates Boeing 777-300 ER, will provide a total of 322 tonnes of belly hold cargo capacity per week.

Emirates SkyCargo first started cargo operations to serve Scandinavia with freighter flights to Gothenburg in Sweden in 2003, when Emirates had no passenger flights to the region.

In addition to the belly-hold cargo operations, Emirates SkyCargo also currently operates six weekly freighter flights to Copenhagen, which will increase to eight when the two Gothenburg freighter flights are consolidated and shifted to Copenhagen from Tuesday. 

"While Gothenburg is still an important destination, we can achieve greater efficiency by operating all the freighter flights alongside one of our key online passenger points. With eight freighter flights a week to Copenhagen, coupled with the belly-hold capacity of an all Boeing 777 operation into Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen, we will offer more than 2,500 tonnes of cargo capacity," said Robert Siegel, Emirates Vice President Commercial Operations Cargo, Europe and the Americas. 

Emirates SkyCargo, which operates from its hub in Dubai, provides cargo services to more than 140 destinations around the world. It also operates a fleet of 13 freighters, 11 Boeing 777 Fs and two Boeing 747-400 ERFs, which operate from its new cargo terminal at Dubai World Central’s Al Maktoum International Airport.

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