For Emirates’ cargo customers in Malta, the new service to Larnaca in Cyprus and onward to Dubai, together with the increase in frequency to four flights each week, is providing a welcome boost with much-needed extra capacity on the Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

Emirates SkyCargo, which is represented in Malta by Cassar & Cooper Limited, has expanded its weekly existing belly-hold capacity from 51 tonnes to 68 tonnes in each direction between Malta, Cyprus and Dubai, the commercial hub of the Middle East.

Since October 2005 Emirates Airline is serving the island with four flights each week every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday on A330-200, with a freight capacity of 17 tonnes each way. Air Malta, the national airline, code-shares services on Emirates’ flights between Malta and Larnaca in Cyprus.

Emirates SkyCargo will help meet Maltese demand for shipments of

textiles, electrical components, raw materials, car parts, fresh vegetables and fish for specialised outlets,

as well as tropical fish into the country.

From Malta, it transports tuna fish, semi-conductors, printed matter, electronic equipment, heavy drilling equipment, personal effects and outsized cargo.