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Emirates Marks Significant Milestone</h4>
<p><strong><a href="https://openlife.ng/">OpenLife Nigeria</a></strong> reports that Emirates is marking a significant milestone in the expansion of its cargo fleet by becoming the first airline cargo carrier to deploy the Boeing 777-300ERSF passenger to freighter converted aircraft. The aircraft (A6-EBK) will enter commercial service with a flight from Hong Kong to Dubai carrying over 100 tonnes of cargo.</p>
<p>The converted Emirates Boeing 777-300ERSF offers 100 tonnes of payload capacity and 811 m³ of cargo volume, representing a 25% increase in cargo volume over the Boeing 777-F production freighter.</p>
<figure id="attachment_36099" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-36099" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="size-medium wp-image-36099" src="https://openlife.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/download-2-300x225.png" alt="Emirates Marks Significant Milestone, Becomes First Airline Cargo Carrier To Deploy The Boeing 777-300ERSF" width="300" height="225" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-36099" class="wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Emirates Becomes First Airline Cargo Carrier To Deploy The Boeing 777-300ERSF</strong></em></figcaption></figure>
<p>At 47 pallet positions, the converted aircraft also accommodates 10 additional pallet positions when compared with Boeing 777-F production freighter, making it ideal for transporting volumetric cargo such as e-commerce goods which currently constitute around 20% of global air cargo tonnage with further growth projected in the next few years.</p>
<p>Badr Abbas, Emirates SkyCargo’s Divisional Senior Vice President said: <em>“The induction of the first converted Emirates Boeing 777-300ERSF into operational service represents the next step in the expansion of our fleet and operational agility. </em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;We are optimising our fleet assets by converting older Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft to meet the growing demand for air cargo capacity to transport goods rapidly across the world.</em></p>
<p><em>“Combined with our growing fleet of <a href="https://www.vanguardngr.com/">Boeing 777-F</a> production freighters, we have already been able to scale our global freighter network from just over 40 destinations in February this year to 62 destinations currently and growing. </em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;We are providing our global customers with scalable cargo capacity and ultimate flexibility and connectivity when moving cargo to and through our hub in Dubai.”</em></p>
<p><strong>Ambitious fleet and network expansion</strong></p>
<p>The converted Boeing 777-300ERSF is the sixth new freighter, following five Boeing 777-F production freighters, to join Emirates SkyCargo’s fleet since March 2026.</p>
<p>As part of its ambitious expansion strategy, Emirates SkyCargo will also be taking delivery of five additional Boeing 777-F aircraft as well as one additional converted Boeing 777-300ERSF by December 2026.</p>
<p>Emirates SkyCargo will also be introducing three additional converted Boeing 777-ERSFs into its fleet in 2027.</p>
<p>Emirates SkyCargo’s fleet and network expansion reaffirm the carrier’s commitment to play a larger role in supporting global trade, linking new destinations with businesses, and deepening connectivity to key production hubs already on the carrier&#8217;s global network spanning six continents.</p>
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