happens very quickly. Once the business
opportunity is identified with the freighter
I take the final decision and we move on.
You have 15 freighters. Do you plan to
increase your freighter fleet size?
t all depends on the whole dynamics. Emirates passenger fleet is growing substantially. This year alone we are
getting 36 new aircraft, all wide body.
Capacity growth happens a lot today with
the passenger fleet. Therefore, for us, the
freighter’s objective is to focus on big
production market, like China, Hong Kong,
Germany. We address our requirement of
positioning big freighter capacity into big
production market. But honestly that does
not change too rapidly. You are not going
to have another Hong Kong or China tomorrow. Therefore, capacity growth coming out of the passenger fleet is able to
satisfy most of the demand that is growing
in cities in different markets. We monitor
that very quickly and we see something
that substantially changing and we immediately align and introduce a freighter.
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If the need arises, there is nothing that will
stop us from making that investment.
From what started off as a two wetleased aircraft from Pakistan International Airlines in 1985, it’s been a
phenomenal journey for Emirates in
the last 31 years and you have been
part of this success for 26 years. The
growth has been extraordinary even
for the cargo operations of the airline.
When you look back what would you
like to consider as key highlights of
this great airline?
orking in India is something that
I will never forget. It was a huge
learning for me. It was a good experience.
For me the opportunity to work in a complex, dynamic and emerging market was
always amazing. These are some of the experiences that I personally take with great
pride. It really opens up your eyes. If you
don’t work in markets like these you miss
something. Eventually that makes someone a complete person. For us as a company we have lot of individuals like me,
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who have grown through the ranks, who
have been around for long and worked
abroad. Now many of them are back here
at the headquarters. That is a huge asset
for the airline in terms of having individuals with that kind of experiences.
As a leader at Emirates SkyCargo
what are some of the things that you
are doing right to make Emirates
SkyCargo the leader?
hen it comes to leadership, I believe
it is to ensure that the people are
with you. They are working with you.
This is quite important to me personally. Individuals are willing to work hard
as long as you support them. We have a
strong culture of belonging and loyalty.
Creating that loyalty, which Emirates is
good at. To me that has a huge value. We
have people going out of their way to do
things. If you get people to do that what
more can you ask for? It is incredible. Any
organisation with that kind of DNA would
have to be successful. There are no two
ways about it.
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How we got a cruise ship
running again.
When a cruise ship was
stuck in a docking area last
summer, we delivered a
spare drive shaft for the ship’s
propeller as quickly as
possible from Zurich to the
Port of Hamburg so that
the ship could start operating
again without further
revenue losses. This is just
one of the many success
stories we share with our
customers.
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