Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of United Arab Emirates’ international carrier Emirates Airline, will add Santiago de Chile to its network of cargo destinations from July. Santiago will be Emirates SkyCargo’s sixth destination in South America following Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Campinas, Buenos Aires and Ciudad del Este. The air cargo carrier will be offering customers up to 15 tons of cargo capacity on its Boeing 777-200LR aircraft.

With the launch of its services to Santiago, Emirates SkyCargo will be able to facilitate Chilean exports of all kinds of perishables to destinations on its global network. The UAE imports 90 percent of its food needs, according to the UAE Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade.

Santiagotimes.cl reported how earlier this year, Majid Saif Al-Ghurair, Chairman of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said two-way non-oil trade between Dubai and countries in Latin America reached an all-time high of US$4 billion in the first nine months of 2017.