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Emirates has ordered five Boeing 777 freighters, eventually expanding its fleet to 21 of the planes. The order comes days after Emirates' boss criticized a fresh delay to Boeing's new passenger jet, the 777X. AdvertisementEmirates has announced a fresh order for Boeing 777 freight planes, just days after its chairman publicly criticized the embattled planemaker. Emirates is one of Boeing's biggest customers, so a fresh order of Boeing planes is not unusual. Emirates' Sir Tim Clark criticized the latest delays to the Boeing 777X last week.
Persons: , Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Tim Clark, Sir Tim Clark, BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, Clark Organizations: Emirates, Boeing, Service, Emirates Airline and Group, Getty, Al, Al Maktoum International, Business Insider Locations: Dubai, Emirates, AFP, Al Maktoum
The Dubai World Cup boasts $30.5 million in prizes, spread across nine races (including its namesake event, with an enormous $12 million purse), and attracts many of the world’s most elite equestrians. “This is a huge operation,” says John Nicholls, quarantine manager at Dubai Racing Club. “They get plenty of water, plenty of hay, and attention.”Emirates Skycargo has been transporting champion horses from across the world to the Dubai World Cup and Carnival races since 2002. Horses travel in air-conditioned stalls in the cargo bay of a plane, which can fit up to 25 stalls, with up to three horses in each. Horses walk to Meydan Racecourse from their quarantine stable for morning track work ahead of the Dubai World Cup.
Persons: CNN —, , John Nicholls, Nicholls, It’s, , Emirates Skycargo, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Nadeem Sultan, Suné Schäffler, that’s, Emirates SkyCargo, Rebecca Cairns, David Robson, Toto Wong, Hong Kong’s, Wong, Schäffler, “ they’re Organizations: CNN, Dubai, Dubai Racing Club, Emirates, Boeing, Business Class, Emirates Equine, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Locations: Emirates, Dubai, , Equitrans, Al, Airport, city’s, Hong Kong
Emirates adds five Boeing 777 Freighters to cargo cart
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
Nov 8 (Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Tuesday Emirates Airline has ordered five 777 Freighters, worth more than $1.7 billion at list prices, to expand its cargo fleet. The airplanes will be operated by Emirates SkyCargo, adding to its existing fleet of 11 Freighters, Boeing said in a statement. The Middle East carrier is currently the world's largest operator of the 777 family, and has nearly 150 of the airplane type in its fleet, it added. Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu SahuOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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