São Paulo – Emirates SkyCargo is expanding its presence in Brazil. The company from the United Arab Emirates, which started flying between Dubai and Campinas, in the state of São Paulo, in October last year, should inaugurate its third weekly flight next month. This information was disclosed by Hiran Perera, senior vice president for cargo at Emirates, and was disclosed during a visit to the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. The company also aims to take its services to Curitiba, the capital of the state of Paraná.
"We have already decided that starting on March 22 we are going to start this operation [the third flight]. We are also going to discuss the possibility of extending one of the flights to Curitiba with [Brazilian] authorities," explained Perera in an interview to ANBA. "Curitiba exports much to places like Asia and India. India and China also export much to Curitiba and these countries would like to have an easier flow of products to the market," he explained.
According to Perera, the growth of trade between Brazil and the Middle East makes South America a strategic region for Emirates. The executive said that operations in Brazil have been very successful and he believes that his company is contributing to the growth of Brazilian exports.
"We believe that this services has helped improve Brazilian exports and also contributes for Brazilian exporters to find new markets in the Middle East, India and Asia, etc.," he said. "We can offer good connections from Dubai to a great range of places. Brazilian exporters now have the opportunity to go to completely new places that they could not go to before, as logistics was more complicated" he finished off.
On his trip to Brazil, Perera also met with representatives of the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) and the Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company (Infraero). He also met with clients and with the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber, Michel Alaby, and with the Foreign Trade vice president at the company, Wladimir Freua. "We are going to see how we can promote greater exports from Brazil, which we may do to help Brazilian exporters find new markets," he pointed out.
*Translated by Mark Ament
