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Emirates’ Washington DC Service takes off

By Mark Elliott On Sep 12, 2012

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EK Washington — L-R: Pradeep Kumar, Senior Vice President, Revenue Optimisation and Systems, Emirates SkyCargo; Mark Satterfield, Chief Operations Officer, Marriott Hotels International; Jacob Matthew, President – Middle East & Asia, National Air Cargo; Abdul Nazar Karuppam Veetil, Chairman and Managing Director, Akbar Travels; Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline; Francisco Sanchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Argiris Kyriakidis, President and Managing Director, Marriott Hotels Middle East; the Honourable Michael Corbin, U.S. Ambassador to the UAE.; Orhan Abbas, Senior Vice President Commercial Operations, The Americas; George Maniyattu Thampy, Chairman and Managing Director, Riya Travel & Tours; Carlton Shephard; Zubin Karkaria, CEO and Managing Director, VFS Global

Emirates today launched its non-stop daily service from Dubai to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). This will be Emirates’ seventh gateway into the US. A high-profile delegation was part of the inaugural flight which included Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline; Honourable Michael Corbin, US Ambassador to the UAE; Francisco Sanchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Orhan Abbas, Senior Vice President Commercial Operations, The Americas and Pradeep Kumar, Senior Vice President, Revenue Optimisation and Systems, Emirates SkyCargo.

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