Emirates Celebrates Onam with ‘Rosie’
- Emirates airline is kicking off Onam celebrations by deploying its Emirates SkyCargo’s Boeing 777 freighter ‘Rosie’
- The carrier also arranged the traditional floral arrangement called ‘pookalam’ on the tarmac at Dubai International Airport
- Emirates SkyCargo carries fruits, vegetables and flowers from Kerala to the Middle East every year for Onam celebrations in the region
- In the first three weeks of August 2017, Emirates SkyCargo transported close to 2,200 tonnes of fruits and vegetables from India to the rest of the world
- Emirates Airlines is the largest carrier in UAE, owned by the government of Dubai’s Investment Corporation of Dubai
- Onam is the harvest festival of India’s Kerala state, which usually arrives at the end of the high summer season
- ‘Rosie’ is Emirates SkyCargo’s rose-liveried Boeing 777 freighter aircraft
- Emirates airlines celebrates regional festivals in countries around the world, like the Catalan ‘Day of the Rose’ in Barcelona and the Qixi festival or Chinese Valentine’s Day in Shanghai
- Emirates airlines has been serving Kerala since 2002, with daily flights to Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram
