Qatar Airways Cargo Boosts its Growing Network with Winter Schedule Enhancements

Qatar Airways Cargo is ready post-COVID pandemic with strategies in place to adapt to the changing environment and customer needs. The cargo carrier has further boosted its growing network, with increased flight frequencies to multiple popular destinations in the Middle East, Europe and Americas that will benefit its customers’ business globally to meet growing demand this winter season.

Guillaume Halleux, chief officer of 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 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.

On Nov. 15 Qatar Airways Cargo 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 also increased its flights to Amsterdam by adding three weekly freighter flights and three weekly passenger flights effective Dec. 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.

The cargo carrier recently launched its Next Generation strategy, with digitalization as a key pillar. Qatar Airways Cargo has also pioneered its next generation Digital Experience platform with a revamped, comprehensive and intuitive cargo customer portal called Digital Lounge bringing added value to the airline’s customers, offering better engagement and interaction, increased productivity and time management, as well as better visibility, transparency and performance monitoring. Qatar Airways Cargo’s customers will benefit from the many enhancements to the portal such as booking, tracking and tracing, account management and reporting.

Qatar Airways Cargo increases:

• Muscat - from 1 weekly to 3 weekly (in addition to daily Passenger flights)

• Kuwait - from 2 weekly to 4 weekly (in addition to 35 weekly Passenger flights)

• Amsterdam - from 11 weekly to 14 weekly (in addition to 10 weekly Passenger flights eff. January 2023)

• Chicago - from 10 weekly to 11 weekly (in addition to daily Passenger flights)

Qatar Airways Cargo new freighter stations:

• Riyadh - from 0 weekly to 2 weekly (in addition to 12 weekly Passenger flights)

• Athens - from 0 weekly to 1 weekly (in addition to daily Passenger flights)

• Vienna - from 0 weekly to 1 weekly (in addition to 10 weekly Passenger flights)