Emirates SkyCargo has completed five years of cargo flights to Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, in the US mid-west.

The Middle East carrier originally commenced freighter flights to Columbus in May 2015 with a once weekly service which was increased to four flights a week.

Cargo included high fashion, pharma, machinery, spare parts and other general commodities.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Emirates SkyCargo continues to serve Columbus with a once weekly scheduled freighter service and the city is among the air cargo carrier’s seven destinations in North America.

The freight division of Emirates also offers cargo connectivity to Chicago, Houston, New York and Washington DC in the US, Toronto in Canada as well as Mexico City in Mexico.