Qatar Airways Cargo has further boosted its growing network with increased flight frequencies to multiple popular destinations in the Middle East, Europe and Americas. “We are always ready to adapt to our customer needs and there is a great potential...
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Qatar Airways Cargo has further boosted its growing network with increased flight frequencies to multiple popular destinations in the Middle East, Europe and Americas.
“We are always ready to adapt to our customer needs and there is a great potential for growth in many regions as our winter schedule changes indicates," said Guillaume Halleux, Chief Officer Cargo. "We are happy to introduce frequency upgrades and give our customers access to more direct capacity which will ultimately benefit their business."
Qatar Airways Cargo serves over 20 passenger and freighter destinations in the Middle East. The carrier recently launched a new freighter service to Riyadh, the capital and largest city in Saudi Arabia, operating Boeing 777 freighters twice a week, with 100 tonnes cargo capacity each way, per flight. Cargo capacity is also set to increase to and from other Middle Eastern cities, as the airline increases its flights from 2 to 4 for Kuwait, and from 1 to 3 for Muscat by adding two A310 freighters per week to each of these cities.
In Europe, the cargo carrier offers its air freight services to and from 48 destinations, operating both, belly-hold cargo services as well as freighters. The carrier recently launched two new freighter stations in Athens, Greece and Vienna, Austria. Qatar Airways Cargo will operate once a week Boeing 777 freighter to Athens with 100 tonnes of cargo capacity each way, per flight and once a week A310 freighter to Vienna, with over 35 tonnes of cargo capacity each way, per flight.
Effective Nov. 15, Qatar Airways Cargo has also introduced belly-hold cargo services to Dusseldorf. The launch of daily flights between the two cities increases cargo capacity from Germany to over 1,500 tonnes each way, each week. The carrier also added three weekly freighter flights to Amsterdam from Nov. 5 and will add three weekly passenger flights from Dec. 23.
In the Americas, the airline covers 21 passenger and freighter destinations and has introduced additional frequency to Chicago increasing its freighter flights from 10 weekly to 11 weekly in addition to a daily passenger service.
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