Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates airline, has marked a milestone with its inaugural 100% paperless freighter flight between Nairobi and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

EK9952, which left Nairobi for Amsterdam, became the first flight out of Nairobi with shipments processed electronically. The Boeing 747 freighter carried 103,884 tonnes of cut flowers to Amsterdam, the main market for Kenyan flowers.

Speaking in Nairobi, Emirates Airline Cargo Manager for East Africa, Khalid Al Hinai, emphasized the significance of this achievement and Emirates’ leadership role in spearheading the e-freight agenda both regionally and globally.

E-freight is a collective cargo industry initiative facilitated by IATA, with the goal of removing all paper air waybills, as well as every other document and certificate, by the end of 2014.

Fifty one of the 111 cities Emirates SkyCargo serves are e-freight compliant.

Emirates’ 152 -strong fleet including eight freighters (three Boeing 747-400Fs, two 747-400ERFs, one 747-400SF and two 777Fs) is one of the youngest in the skies and now serves 111 destinations in 66 countries on six continents.

Emirates flies on a daily schedule from Malta to Dubai via Larnaca, Cyprus. Emirates SkyCargo is located on the First Floor at MIA Departures and can be contacted on tel. no 21660102, or at [email protected].