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Qatar Airways Cargo achieves CEIV Live Animals
Qatar Airways Cargo has become the fourth airline in the world to achieve IATA's CEIV Live Animals certification.The certification applies at Qatar Airways’ Doha headquarters and the QAS Cargo Doha hub, and covers all animals (amphibians, birds, crustaceans, fish, invertebrates, mammals, or reptiles) that Qatar Airways Cargo is authorised to ...
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Qatar Cargo joins IATA's CO2NNECT offsetting platform
Qatar Airways Cargo is the first cargo carrier to join IATA's carbon offsetting CO2NNECT platform.The platform will allow Qatar Cargo to offer customers an integrated carbon calculation and offset solution, with assurance that the credits bought to offset these emissions are from projects delivering independently verified carbon reductions, as well ...
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NewsQatar Cargo steps up on fire safety
Source: Qatar CargoQatar Airways Cargo will replace its entire fleet of ULDs with Safran Cabin’s new Fire Resistant Containers (FRC) as it aims to take a lead in countering the risk posed by lithium battery shipments.The airline expects it to take a total of five years to replace its fleet ...
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NewsSAL scoops Qatar Cargo handling deal
Source: SALQatar Airways Cargo has selected SAL Saudi Logistics Services to provide cargo handling services at Saudi Arabia’s main airports, including Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Medina.The handler said that the deal reflected a growing number of partnerships with large airlines.Hesham Alhussayen, chief executive of SAL, said: “This agreement will enhance ...
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NewsQatar Cargo's Halleux calls on regulators to step up on lithium batteries
Source: Air Cargo NewsQatar Airways chief officer cargo Guillaume Halleux issued an impassioned call for regulators to take steps to counter the threat of rouge lithium-ion battery shipments.Speaking at IATA's World Cargo Symposium in Dublin, Halleux said the airline had suffered three near misses with rogue battery shipments in recent ...
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Qatar Cargo appoints new GSSA for Central Europe
Qatar Airways Cargo has appointed R-BAG Group as its GSSA in eight Central Eastern Europe (CEE) countries.The Hungary-based GSSA now represents the airline in: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.Qatar Airways Cargo operates several full freighter and passenger-to-cargo conversion mini-freighter connections to Budapest (BUD) and Prague ...
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Qatar Cargo sees volumes increase despite pandemic
Qatar Airways Cargo reported a 4.6% in cargo volumes in the fiscal year ending March 31 despite the loss of much of its bellyhold network due to the pandemic.The cargo division of Qatar Airways handled a total of 2,727,986 tonnes of cargo in the 2020/21 fiscal year to maintain its ...
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Qatar Cargo rolls out on WebCargo in 39 more countries
Qatar Airways Cargo will roll its capacity on air cargo booking platform WebCargo to 39 more countries on August 23.The airline has been gradually adding its presence to new countries and regions that utilise the platform since February this year.The global implementation across the carrier’s network will cover 72 countries.Qatar ...
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Qatar Cargo continues digital push with WiseTech partnership
Qatar Airways Cargo has continued its digital push with the implementation of data connections with air cargo software provider WiseTech Global.The airline said that connecting directly with WiseTech will help to eliminate multiple intermediary data exchange points between freight forwarders and airline operating systems."These direct data feeds also add real ...
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NewsRodríguez Moreno joins Cool Chain Association board
Miguel Rodríguez Moreno. Source: Cool Chain AssociationMiguel Rodríguez Moreno, senior manager climate control products, Qatar Airways Cargo has joined the Cool Chain Association (CCA)’s board of directors.Rodríguez Moreno brings over six years’ experience in cargo, including four years as global pharma development manager for Etihad Cargo."It is an honour to ...
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NewsTop 25 cargo airlines: Freighter operators to the fore
FedEx, UPS and Qatar were last year the largest air cargo carriers once again, but there were major winners and losers in the overall top 25 airlines as the Covid pandemic took its toll on the market (see full at end of article).According to IATA’s latest World Air Transport Statistics ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo adds US capacity to booking platform WebCargo
Qatar Airways Cargo is continuing the roll out of its capacity on the WebCargo booking platform with the addition of the US.From July 19, forwarders in the US will be able to conduct e-bookings with access to live rates and available capacity on the WebCargo platform.Bookings will be able to ...
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Pharma.Aero welcomes Qatar Cargo among its new members
Qatar Airways Cargo has joined Pharma.Aero as a full member and temperature-controlled packaging solutions provider Emball’ISO as a strategic partner.The organisation said it has received interest from different stakeholders in the pharma air cargo supply chain to join, especially since the start of the pandemic, as the air cargo industry ...
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Qatar Cargo continues to roll out capacity on WebCargo
Qatar Airways Cargo has made available its capacity to more countries on online booking portal WebCargo.The airline said that from June 30 all countries in its Europe region - excluding Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia - would be able to use the online booking platform to book ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo the latest to approve Releye pharma container
Qatar Airways Cargo is the latest carrier to approve the use of Envirotainer’s recently launched Releye RLP temperature-controlled airfreight container.Following the approval, the airline now offers 16 temperature-controlled container leasing options for pharma products.The unit uses rechargeable batteries, with a single battery charge able to power the system for over ...
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Qatar Airways "hungry" for more freighters
Qatar Airways is "hungry for more freighters" as it considers its options for future orders of all-cargo aircraft.Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum hosted by Bloomberg, Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said that for the last two years, excluding FedEx and UPS, the airline had been the largest ...
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NewsB777X freighter rumours resurface as Qatar Airways mulls all-cargo orders
B777XOngoing rumours that Boeing will launch a freighter version of the B777X resurfaced again yesterday when Qatar Airways said it planned to order around 30 all-cargo aircraft.In an interview with Reuters, Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said that the company was considering an order for 30 or more ...
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VIDEO: Qatar Cargo transports lions as part of its Rewild the Planet initiative
Earlier this month, Qatar Airways Cargo transported seven lions to nature reserves in South Africa as part of its Rewild the Planet initiative. Kirsten de Bruijn, senior vice president of cargo sales and network planning at Qatar Cargo, shares more details about the operation.“Rewild the Planet initiative is part of ...
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NewsAir cargo carries out life-saving medical equipment flights to India
United Cargo helped facilitate a shipment of ventilators to DelhiThe air cargo industry has been transporting life saving supplies and medical equipment to India over the last few days as the country is ravaged by a second wave of Covid.Lufthansa Cargo said that on three flights this week, a total ...
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Covid accelerates air cargo's adoption of technology
The covid crisis has accelerated air cargo’s adoption of technology and its push towards a more sustainable future, according to speakers at the Air Cargo Europe online event.Speaking on the Future of Air Cargo panel discussion, organised by Air Cargo News, Qatar Airlines chief officer cargo Guillaume Halleux said that ...