Qatar Airways Cargo has launched new freighter services to New York JFK and Halifax, N.S., Canada, to facilitate the transport of lobster and seafood and other exports from the two cities to Europe, the Middle East, South and Northeast Asia via Doha.
The world’s third largest international cargo carrier has scheduled services to New York and Halifax with a frequency of one flight per week every Wednesday from Luxembourg, its new European hub, operated with a Boeing 777-200 freighter that offers 103 metric tons (MT) of cargo capacity.
The new cargo service complements existing belly-hold cargo on the airline’s commercial flights.
“We are very happy to add New York and Halifax to our growing list of new freighter routes. From their strategic geographical positions, not only will the new service provide our customers with great access to the Americas’ marketplace, it will allow us to share one of region’s most sumptuous exports with the world,” said Ulrich Ogiermann, chief officer of cargo at Qatar Airways.
Qatar Airways Cargo recently took delivery of its 10th Boeing 777F, taking the total count of freighters in operation to 20. Its portfolio of products includes QR Pharma, QR Fresh, QR Live and QR Express for temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical and perishable cargo, the transportation of live animals as well as time-critical shipments.
