With increased flight frequencies to multiple popular destinations in the Middle East, Europe and Americas, Qatar Airways Cargo has further boosted its growing network. This will benefit its customers’ business globally to meet growing demand this winter season.
Guillaume Halleux, Chief Officer Cargo said: “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. We are happy to introduce frequency upgrades and give our customers access to more direct capacity which will ultimately benefit their business. In line with our Next Generation strategy, we will always put customer at the heart of everything we do by continuing to invest in our fleet, infrastructure, network, products, service, and technology.”
Qatar Airways Cargo which serves over 20 passenger and freighter destinations in the Middle East, 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 two to four for Kuwait, and from one to three for Muscat by adding two A310 freighters per week to each of these cities.
The cargo carrier offers its air freight services to and from 48 destinations, operating both, belly-hold cargo services as well as freighters in Europe. 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 November 15, Qatar Airways Cargo has also introduced belly-hold cargo services to Dusseldorf, expanding its network in the European region. 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 will also be increasing its flights to Amsterdam by adding three weekly freighter flights effective November 5 and three weekly passenger flights effective December 23. Lastly, 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. Qatar Airways Cargo increases flight frequencies to the following: Muscat - from one to three weekly; Kuwait - from two to four weekly; Amsterdam - from 11 to 14 weekly; and Chicago - from 10 to 11 weekly. Qatar Airways Cargo new freighter stations are Riyadh - from zero to two weekly; Athens - from zero to one weekly; and Vienna, from zero to one weekly.
