Flydubai boosts cargo fleet for faster movement of medicines, goods

Flydubai boosts cargo fleet for faster movement of medicines, goods

DUBAI: The UAE's flydubai has allocated six Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft to work as all-cargo flights to facilitate the movement of essential goods across its network and beyond, state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday.. "We recognize that air cargo has an important role to play in supporting the continuity of the supply chain and the efforts at a government and a private sector level to ensure the movement of essential supplies, especially during these unprecedented times," flydubai's Chief Commercial Officer Hamad Obaidalla said.. "We are working towards expanding our operations beyond the flydubai network to enable more goods to be transported to those who need them the most," Mohamed Hassan, the vice president of Cargo Operations at flydubai, said.. Etihad Cargo announced five more routes using Etihad Airways passenger aircraft to facilitate the movement of essential supplies into the UAE and offer further east-west connectivity between major markets.. Khamenei: Mass Ramadan events in Iran may stop over virus /node/1655856/middle-east. Ramadan is set to begin in late April and last through most of May. Public officials had not discussed plans for the holy month, which sees the Muslim faithful fast from dawn until sunset..