DOHA: Qatar Airways Cargo has added dedicated freighter services to four new destinations: Beirut (Lebanon); Madrid (Spain); Paris (France); and Tbilisi (Georgia); while increasing frequency to Seoul (South Korea) and capacity on its Oslo (Norway) route.
“The next few months will prove to be yet another exciting period of growth with such diverse destinations being added to Qatar Airways’ cargo network,” said Qatar Airways Chief Officer for Cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann.
“We are excited to offer these significant new routes to our existing cargo customers and hope this will introduce our world-class product to new customers.”
On October 30, Qatar Airways Cargo started operating a twice-weekly service to Madrid. It is operated with Qatar Airways’ Airbus A330 freighter and expected to include textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufacturers, chemicals, automobiles, machine tools, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment.
On Friday, a weekly scheduled Qatar Airways Cargo Boeing 777 freighter started operating from Doha to Beirut. Food items, jewellery, textiles, furniture and metal products are the major commodities expected to be shipments from Beirut.
Qatar Airways’ passenger services to Tbilisi will be supplemented with one weekly Airbus A330 freighter every Tuesday, effective November 26. Georgia exports vehicles, fertilisers, nuts, scrap metal, gold and copper ores, among others.
Qatar Airways Cargo’s European expansion will receive another boost with twice-weekly scheduled Airbus A330 freighter services to Paris, from November 21. Second to Germany, France is the second largest importer and exporter of general commodities in Europe.
Qatar Airways Cargo freighter services to Seoul were recently boosted by an additional Boeing 777 freighter service, effective October 29, flying three times per week, and freight capacity was increased on its Doha-Oslo route by the introduction of an A330 freighter.
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