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    Qatar Airways Cargo increases flights to The Netherlands

    2020-04-01T10:51:04Z

    Qatar Airways cargo has increased its freighter flight frequency to The Netherlands, from nine to 34 flights per week.The carrier is using Boeing 777 and 747 aircraft to operate 27 flights per week to Amsterdam — one of the biggest gateways in Europe — and seven per week to Maastricht.Special ...

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    Qatar Cargo restarts bellyhold operations to China

    2020-03-30T15:16:38Z

    Qatar Airways Cargo will resume scheduled bellyhold cargo operations to China with the utilisation of its passenger aircraft to six cities.The additional cargo capacity is being added to the carrier’s existing freighter service amid "increased demand for the shipment of immediate goods in and out of the region".The bellyhold cargo ...

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    Qatar Cargo freighter services unaffected despite bellyhold cuts

    2020-03-18T11:15:11Z

    Qatar Airways Cargo announced that its cargo operations — specifically, freighter flights — will remain unaffected following the Qatar government's recent instructions which state that with immediate effect, "entry to the State of Qatar is allowed for Qatari nationals only".Qatari nationals travelling back to their country will be allowed to ...

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    Qatar Cargo freighters join coronavirus relief efforts

    2020-02-21T16:24:35Z

    Five Qatar Airways Cargo freighters departed to China today carrying approximately 300 tonnes of medical supplies donated by the airline to support coronavirus relief efforts.The five flights departed one after the other bound for Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou as part of Qatar Airways’ voluntary offer of free air cargo transportation ...

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    Qatar Airways lifts IAG stake to 25%

    2020-02-20T09:48:13Z

    Qatar Airways has increased its shareholding in British Airways and Iberia parent IAG from 21.4% to 25.1%.The Doha-based carrier initially took a stake in IAG at the start of 2015, before increasing it to just over a 20% in 2016.“Our investment to date has been highly successful and the announced ...

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    Qatar Airways Cargo announces expanded South America freighter services

    2019-12-02T11:16:29Z

    Qatar Airways Cargo has announced that it is expanding its services in South America.From January 16, freighter services, utlilising B777F aircraft, will operate to Campinas, Brazil, Santiago, Chile, Lima, Peru and Bogotá, Colombia.General cargo, pharmaceuticals and perishables will form the majority of goods flown to and from South America. Other ...

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    Qatar sees cargo revenues rise as the overall group reports a loss

    2019-09-18T16:20:14Z

    Qatar Airways saw cargo revenues increase by 16.8% to QR10.1bn in fiscal 2019 on the back of fleet expansion, but the overall airline reported a loss.The airline said during the fiscal year it transported 1.4m tonnes of cargo an increase of 6.8% year-on-year as it grew to become the second ...

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    German cargo market drops by more than 20% in June

    2019-08-28T08:17:56Z

    Airlines and freight forwarders experienced some big declines in German export volumes in June, writes Oliver Link from Air Cargo News sister title DVZ.According to the latest Iata Cargo Account Settlement System (Cass) data, the total volume of freight exported from Germany dropped by 24.6% on a weight basis compared ...

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    Qatar Airways Cargo: Taking it personally

    2019-07-17T08:31:32Z

    The last time Air Cargo News spoke to Qatar Airways chief officer cargo Guillaume Halleux, the airfreight market was in a very different place to where it finds itself today.Volumes were booming, rates were rising and the airlines’ biggest concern was whether they could find the capacity to meet the ...

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    Qatar set to receive four B777Fs this year

    2019-05-15T10:13:29Z

    In an interview with the Gulf Times, Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar al-Baker has confirmed that four of the B777 freighters it has on order will be delivered this year.The airline finalised its order for five B777Fs at the 2018 Farnborough Airshow but did not reveal a timeline for their ...