Emirates operates weekly cargo flights from Lagos to Dubai -

Emirates SkyCargo has recalibrated its operations to support the continuity of Nigerian businesses with once a week cargo flight in June on its passenger aircraft from Lagos to Dubai.

The airline has established this short term schedule which utilizes bellyhold capacity on its wide-body Boeing 777-300 ER passenger aircraft to supplement the cargo capacity offered by its freighter aircraft from Lagos.

Afzal Parambil, Emirates’ Regional Manager (West Africa) said, “As an extremely agile and customer-focused business, we are very committed to supporting the Nigerian economy and helping local businesses maintain continuity by keeping their supplies running across essential industries.

“Emirates SkyCargo started its operations in Nigeria in 2004. Emirates SkyCargo has helped import a variety of goods including mobile phones, garments, leather, beverages, and personal effects. It has also facilitated the export of local produce including fresh kola nuts and other foodstuffs,” the airline stated.

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Over and above scheduled flight operations, Emirates SkyCargo also operates charter flights in response to customer demand.

Since March 2020, Emirates SkyCargo has played an important role globally in the transport of urgently required medical supplies including personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves, pharmaceuticals, healthcare equipment, electronics such as laptops and mobile phones as more people around the world have turned to online working and learning, food items including fruits, vegetables, seafood, and meat.

The carrier operated over 2,500 flights in the month of April.

Currently, Emirates SkyCargo is operating more than 100 flights a day from its hub in Dubai.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.