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Emirates SkyCargo has strengthened operations in France, with Lyon to become its third French gateway.
The launch of flights to Lyon on 05 December, operated by A340-500 with a belly-hold capacity of 15 tonnes, will take the annual cargo capacity into and out of the country to more than 52,000 tonnes spread across five flights to Lyon, seven to Nice and 19 to Paris.
The new gateway is the carrier's 35th destination in Europe and should help stimulate growth in France’s international cargo trade. In the last year it exported a total of 21,000 tonnes, representing an increase of 26 per cent on the 15,600 tonnes carried during the same period in 2007/08.
Goods coming into Lyon are expected to include leather products, clothing, textiles, pharmaceuticals and electronics, while wine, machine and electronics parts, and pharmaceuticals will be transported in the other direction.
EK82 departs Lyon on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 21:00hrs and arrives in Dubai at 06:15hrs. EK81 departs Dubai on a Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 14:35hrs and arrives in Lyon at 19:00hrs.
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