Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has added two accolades to its list of industry awards in the last few weeks.

The airline was awarded the International Cargo Airline of the Year by STAT Trade media group at the recent Air Cargo India 2014 awards event held in Mumbai last week.

Emirates SkyCargo was also voted the Top Cargo Handling Airline of Cochin 2013 by the Customs Department at the International Customs Day Celebration held in Kochi recently.

Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional SVP, cargo along with Pradeep Kumar, Emirates SVP cargo revenue optimization and systems, received the International Cargo Airline of the Year award from Des Vertannes, global head of Cargo, IATA.

V. M Dinesh, Emirates’ cargo manager in Kerala, accepted the Top Cargo Handling Airline of Cochin 2013 award from Chief Guest P.K. Hormis Tharakan, former DGP (Kerala) and DG (RAW), at an event held in Kerala.

Sultan said: “Both the awards are a testimony of the unflagging efforts by the team to make Emirates SkyCargo a successful cargo airline in the India market. Both STAT Trade awards and the International Customs Day Celebrations are widely recognized not only in India but across the globe. These accolades are considered to be a benchmark for reviewing performances in the cargo Industry. We are delighted to win this year and I would like to congratulate the entire India team for the constant effort they have put in to make this possible.”

The airline carries over 1,400 tons of weekly cargo combined from Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. Additionally, it operates two weekly freighters with a capacity of over 200 ton payload on the Dubai-Mumbai-Dubai route as well as the Dubai-Chennai-Hong Kong-Dubai route.

Overall, Emirates SkyCargo carried over 2 million tons of cargo inclusive of imports and exports in 2013.