With a career that spans three decades in commercial roles within the Emirates Group, Sultan began his career with the airline in 1990 in the IT department. Two years later he joined Emirates’ management training programme within the Commercial Operations department.
Between 1995 and 2008, Sultan gained extensive commercial experience working in various management and leadership roles both within and outside the UAE. In 2013, he was appointed to his current role taking the division from strength to strength. Under Sultan, SkyCargo has continued to develop innovative, bespoke products.
Sultan completed his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Management Information Systems from the University of Portland in the US.
In January 2021, SkyCargo joined the Vaccine Logistics Alliance to speed up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world and by the first week of July it had flown 150 million doses of the vaccines through Dubai.
It also signed an agreement with UNICEF in February to prioritise the transport of COVID-19 vaccines, essential medicines, medical devices, and other critical supplies to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The carrier has transported more than 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines on its aircraft. The air cargo carrier achieved this historic milestone within a span of 18 months from the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines trialled in October 2020.
More than 4,200 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines, equivalent to over 1 billion doses, have been moved to over 80 destinations on over 2,000 Emirates flights. Close to two-thirds of the 1 billion doses were transported to developing countries.
The freight division of Emirates has also further strengthened its temperature sensitive pharma and vaccine handling capabilities in Dubai with the extension of its fully automated cool room with 94 airline pallet positions at its EU GDP certified dedicated pharma facility at Dubai airport.
The extended cool room will provide an additional 2600 sqm of temperature-controlled environment (2-25 degrees Celsius) for the storage and handling of vaccines and other pharmaceuticals.