Emirates SkyCargo will launch two additional weekly freighter services — one each to Mumbai and Ahmedabad — from March 2026 to meet rising demand for pharmaceuticals, perishables and electronics. The move supplements roughly 3,000 tonnes/week of SkyCargo lift to/from India and belly capacity on 167 passenger flights to nine destinations.
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The extra dedicated freighters increase scheduled long‑haul lift into India at a time of growing demand for time‑sensitive sectors (pharma, perishables, electronics) and build on SkyCargo’s existing ~3,000 tonnes/week India throughput; this directly affects capacity planning and yield management for cargo carriers. See regional capacity shifts from recent widebody freighter entries [source:faa94bcf-29d4-4686-9e24-36c2ac93807e].
The timing coincides with major infrastructure and network changes in Mumbai — multiple integrators and freighter operators are moving operations to Navi Mumbai and new automated hubs are coming online — a development that will influence slot allocation, ground‑handling demand and last‑mile logistics for exporters and forwarders [source:417eda48-aa67-45c2-9359-50291588cf45] [source:a07e2794-7bc7-4ceb-934a-edd8b2f53c44].
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