DOHA, Qatar – Qatar Airways Cargo has
announced that it will launch freighter operations to four new
destinations in the Americas, starting 2 February 2017.
Boeing 777 freighters will fly twice a
week to the South American cities of Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Quito*
and the North American city of Miami. The twice weekly freighter
service will depart from Doha via Luxembourg, the cargo carrier’s
European hub, with stops at Sao Paulo in Brazil, Buenos Aires in
Argentina and Quito in Ecuador. On the return leg, the freighter will
stop in Miami, Florida and Luxembourg before arriving in Doha.
These new freighter services aim to
meet the growing demand for import and export trade in the region and
will supplement the belly-hold cargo capacity on Qatar Airways daily
flights to Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Miami.
Qatar Airways Chief Officer Cargo, Mr.
Ulrich Ogiermann, said: “We are excited to start 2017 with the
launch of four new freighter destinations. These new destinations
will connect the burgeoning import and export markets in the Americas
region with the rest of the world. Through our expertise in
specialised solutions, namely QR Pharma for pharmaceuticals and QR
Fresh for perishables, we are able to offer our customers a seamless
and an unbroken cool chain for their temperature-sensitive products
via our state-of-the-art fully automated hub in Doha.”
The launch of this new freighter route
represents great business and network growth for Qatar Airways Cargo
as it brings the cargo carrier’s total freighter destinations in
the Americas to 12 while offering belly-hold services to 13 cities on
the continent. Major commodities out of Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and
Quito* comprise of fresh flowers, perishables and pharmaceuticals,
whilst imports into South America include a wide variety of products
ranging from medicines, automotive, chemical products to high tech
commodities and equipment for the oil and gas industry. Miami in the
United States will serve as the distribution hub of these air freight
to and from the Latin American and Caribbean regions.
The introduction of these new freighter
services will also provide support to the perishables and
pharmaceutical exports out of these key markets, offering businesses
in the continent a young and modern fleet and access to the cargo
carrier’s global network of more than 150 destinations via Doha
hub. The state-of-the-art, fully automated cargo facility at Hamad
International Airport operates in accordance with the highest
Pharmaceutical Industry Standards, compliant with ‘Good
Distribution Practice’. Pharmaceutical and perishable shipments are
stored in segregated areas, transported and handled under strictly
monitored conditions as required by product specification and are
handled in a climate-controlled environment during every stage,
including ramp transportation, warehouse storage and
aircraft-to-aircraft transfers. Qatar Airways Cargo is the only
global airline to offer reefer truck transportation on the ramp at
its Doha hub.
The world’s third largest cargo
carrier recently took delivery of its 11th Boeing 777 freighter,
taking the total count of freighters in operation to 20. The cargo
carrier offers QR Charter, utilising its most modern fleet of Boeing
B777s, Airbus A330s and Boeing 747 freighters. Its portfolio of
distinctive products currently includes QR Pharma, QR Fresh, QR Live
and QR Express offering efficiency and compliance in the handling of
temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical and perishable cargo,
transportation of live animals as well as time-critical shipments.
The carrier earned three accolades in
2016, namely Payload Asia’s Cargo Airline of the Year (Customer
Choice Category), the prestigious All-Cargo Carrier award at the 33rd
Cargo Airline of the Year event and the International Award for
Excellence in Air Cargo at the Air Cargo India 2016 exhibition and
conference.
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