Emirates DB Award 2010

(From left to right): Dr Volker Kefer, Andreas Boppart, Hiran Perera and Manfred Strub

Emirates SkyCargo has become the first airline to win a prestigious Deutsche Bahn Supplier's Award, winning the Supplier of the Year 2010 title in the Logistics Services category.

With the Supplier Award, Deutsche Bahn aims to create an incentive to improve the business relationship between it and its suppliers and to recognise outstanding services.

'Emirates SkyCargo receives this award for highly innovative airfreight services, and in particular for its flexible scheduling, which enables absolutely customer-friendly and generous solutions to be made,' said Dr Volker Kefer, Deutsche Bahn member for technology and infrastructure. 'It's younger than average fleet is state-of-the-art and allows the carrier to reduce its noise and CO2 emissions to a minimum, thus supporting DB's ambitious goals for green logistics in exemplary fashion.'

Hinan Perera, Emirates' senior vice-president of cargo freighters, picked up the award in Germany and called it a 'powerful endorsement' of Emirates' commitment to customer services and quality.