The airline will provide free cargo capacity on all of its flights to nine Indian cities to aid international NGOs in delivering relief supplies quickly to where they are needed.
Emirates Airlines has announced the setting up of a humanitarian air bridge between Dubai and India to facilitate the transport of urgent medical and relief supplies in support of India's Covid-19 fightback.
The airline will provide free cargo capacity on all of its flights to nine Indian cities to aid international NGOs in delivering relief supplies quickly to where they are needed.
Emirates SkyCargo has already flown medicines and medical equipment to India on scheduled and charter cargo flights in recent weeks.
Emirates and the UAE stand with India. We are launching a humanitarian airbridge and will offer cargo capacity free of charge to NGOs, to ship urgent medical and relief items on all our flights from Dubai to nine cities in India. https://t.co/KK5h2gVJVm pic.twitter.com/CMRoBRcSXK
— Emirates Airline (@emirates)
In a video shared by Emirates Airline on Twitter, Emirates SkyCargo DSVP Nabil Sultan said: "Emirates and the UAE stand with India. We have created a humanitarian air bridge between Dubai and India to transport urgent medical and relief items, to support India in its fight against the serious situation in the country. We will offer cargo capacity free of charge to NGOs to ship relief items on all our flights from Dubai to nine Indian cities."
An official release quoted Emirates Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum as saying, "India and Emirates are deeply connected, since our first flights to India in 1985. We stand with the Indian people and will do all we can to help India get back on its feet."
"Emirates has experience in humanitarian relief efforts, and with 95 weekly flights to 9 destinations in India, we will be offering regular and reliable widebody capacity for relief materials. The International Humanitarian City in Dubai is the largest crisis relief hub in the world and we will work closely with them to facilitate the movement of urgent medical supplies," he added.