Qatar Airways operates world’s longest flight to Auckland
Qatar Airways has extended its network with the first Doha – Auckland service, covering a distance of 14,535 kilometres in 17 hours 30 minutes – now the world’s longest flight. The daily Boeing 777 flight offers 116 tonnes of belly-hold capacity every week to support growing imports of raw, industrial and consumer materials into New […]
22% growth in perishables, but Qatar expects more in 2017
Perishable trade grew by 22 per cent in 2016 and Qatar Airways chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann (pictured below) tells Air Cargo Week (ACW) staff writer, James Muir that he expects the numbers to keep growing in 2017. Qatar Airways Cargo launched six new freighter services in 2016 to Dallas, Budapest, Ho Chi Minh City, […]
Qatar Airways adds four new freighter routes in the Americas
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched freighter operations to four new destinations in the Americas starting from 2 February 2017. The Boeing 777 Freighter will fly twice a week to Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Quito (subject to government approval) and Miami in the US. The twice weekly freighters will depart from Doha via Luxembourg, the cargo carrier’s […]
ACI: strong volumes growth of 6.6% in October
The Airports Council International (ACI) says freight volumes grew by 6.6 per cent October at the globe’s gateways – well above the 2.1 per cent 12 month average growth rate. ACI says it was driven by the 9.9 per cent growth rate in international freight, which was accompanied by a 0.5 per cent decline in […]
Alha handles first horse shipment at new Malpensa equine centre
Alha Group has completed its first horse transportation at the newly relaunched Milan Malpensa Airport equine handling centre. 30 competition horses flew to Doha on board Etihad Airways EY9871 during the night of 17 and 18 November, the first time such a number have been handled in Milan since the relaunch of the Alha-managed MXP […]
Budapest positioning itself as the hub for Eastern Europe
Budapest Airport is positioning itself to be the air cargo hub of Eastern Europe having seen growth of 11.3 per cent so far in 2016. The growth has come from both freighter aircraft and passenger services with bellyhold capacity. Cargo development manager, József Kossuth says a significant proportion of the growth has come from Qatar […]
Qatar Airways Cargo automates freighter weight and balance systems
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched its Freight Load Control Centre at its Doha hub, and it says the system will be an integral part of effective pallet loading procedures for its freighters. It says automating the weight and balance system will simplify manual processes by reducing the time required to set-up the load-sheet prior to […]
Qatar Airways to run Nova Scotia route packed with seafood
Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) will soon welcome Qatar Airways Cargo when the carrier launches a weekly Wednesday service to Doha with a stop in Zaragoza, Spain. The new service, set to begin on 20 July, 2016, will operate with a Boeing 777-200 freighter. The freighter can carry up to 103 tonnes of cargo. Much of […]
New QR Live product launched by Qatar Airways Cargo
Qatar Airways Cargo has unveiled its ‘QR Live’ product, for the safe and comfortable transportation of horses, pets, exotic animals and livestock. The world’s third biggest air cargo carrier, which has a double decker stand at Air Cargo China, booth number 207, launched the new product at the event yesterday in Shanghai. Qatar says QR […]
Qatar Airways Cargo adds capacity to Atlanta
Qatar Airways Cargo has increased its capacity to Atlanta (US) with the launch of daily bellyhold flights to Atlanta on 1 June 2016. The world’s third largest international cargo carrier has served Atlanta with Boeing 777 freighters for almost five years. The introduction of daily widebody Boeing 777 passenger flights provides additional belly-hold capacity to the cargo carrier’s […]
Qatar Airways connects Yerevan to network
Qatar Airways has added the Armenian capital of Yerevan to its network with four times a week Airbus A320 services, with 48 tonnes of bellyhold capacity weekly. The outbound flights will leave Doha’s Hamad International Airport at 20.30h on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, arriving at Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport at 00.40h the next day. […]
IAG Cargo to increase Middle East capacity
IAG Cargo is to increase capacity to the Middle East by splitting Abu Dhabi and Muscat flights and Bahrain and Doha services into four separate flights. The group says separating the services will increase capacity to the region by 83 per cent. To Abu Dhabi route will be served daily by a Boeing 787-9, which […]
Qatar adds Adelaide to its Australian network
Qatar Airways has continued expanding its network by connecting its hub in Doha the Australian city of Adelaide using an Airbus A350. Adelaide is the fourth Australian city served by Qatar, having started flights to Melbourne in 2009, Perth in 2012 and Sydney this year. The new service will offer 80 tonnes of bellyhold cargo […]
Cargolux increases Ho Chi Minh City services to thrice-weekly
Cargolux has increased services to Vietnam with a third weekly flight to Ho Chi Minh City as the country’s growing economy increases demand for airfreight. The extra Ho Chi Minh City service left on 14 April and will flight via Doha. It will leave Luxembourg at 08.05h on Tuesday and arrive in Ho Chi Minh […]
ACI: 16 of the top 20 hubs see freight declines in February
The Airports Council International (ACI) says airfreight volumes at airports across the globe were down by 4.1 per cent in February – due to the timing of Chinese New Year and the disruption of the US West Coast sea ports a year ago. ACI says air cargo reveals an “entirely different story” to the growing passenger market […]
Tokyo Freight planning on building new logistics complex
Qatari freight forwarder Tokyo Freight is looking for further growth and is planning on building a logistics complex near Hamad Port in Doha. The company will consolidate all its services and capabilities into a single hub to take advantage of the proximity to imports coming into the country through the port. At the new facility, […]
Qatar Airways Cargo speeds into the express market
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched an express services product QR Express – an on-demand service for urgent shipments. The carrier says it will deliver an airport-to-airport airfreight service for time critical shipments and it is the latest addition to the cargo airline’s expanding portfolio of specialised services and products. QR Express provides customers with the opportunity to […]
Qatar Airways launches cargo service to Boston
Qatar Airways has started a daily cargo service between Boston’s Logan International Airport and Hamad International Airport in Doha. All cargo is being transported on board the Airbus A350, as part of the airline’s daily, non-stop bellyhold service, which launched on 16 March. Boston becomes the airline’s 14th cargo destination in the Americas, with freighters operating to […]
Qatar Airways starts Doha – Sydney services
Qatar Airways has increased Australian services with daily Boeing 777-300 flights from Doha to Sydney. The Sydney service will offer 84 tonnes of cargo capacity a week, adding to the 301 tonnes available on services to Melbourne and Perth. The route is expected to generate about 3,000 jobs in New South Wales and contribute 240 […]
Qatar Airways transports horses for CHI Al Shaqab
Qatar Airways Cargo has transported 118 show jumping and dressage horses from Belgium to Qatar for the CHI Al Shaqab, which is taking place in Doha from 2 – 5 March. The horses were transported between Liege and Doha on three specially chartered Boeing 777 Freighters equipped with air stables. The precious cargo travelled with […]
Qatar Airways Cargo volumes up 37.5% in 2015
Qatar Airways Cargo saw cargo volumes increase by 37.5 per cent in 2015 to 1.5 million tonnes with all business areas seeing strong growth. Imports into Doha increased by 29 per cent, with export traffic up by 10 per cent and transshipments shot up by 39 per cent compared to 2014. The increase in volumes […]
Qatar to serve Bucharest twice daily
Qatar Airways has celebrated five years of flights to Romania by increasing services to Bucharest to twice daily from 1 August. The Airbus A320 flights from Doha’s Hamad International Airport to Bucharest’s Henri Coanda International Airport will increase to 10 times a week from 2 June before going double daily from 1 August. Qatar Airways […]
