Qatar Airways Cargo has added freighter and belly-hold capacity on several international routes, including services into China, Japan, the United States and Europe.
The carrier said the network changes would increase its overall cargo capacity by 12%.
The capacity additions include:
- Hong Kong: Passenger services will increase from 10 to 14 a week, lifting total weekly cargo capacity to 4 474+ tonnes each way.
- Shanghai: Passenger services will increase from seven to 10 a week from June 1, lifting total weekly cargo capacity to 985+ tonnes each way.
- Tokyo Haneda: Qatar Airways will relaunch the route on July 16 with four weekly passenger flights, increasing to seven a week from August 1, lifting belly-hold capacity to 105 tonnes a week.
- Kuala Lumpur: Passenger services will increase to 21 a week from June 16, lifting total weekly cargo capacity to 683+ tonnes each way.
- New York: Passenger services will increase to 14 a week, lifting weekly cargo capacity to 88 tonnes each way.
- Houston: Passenger services will increase from three to five a week, lifting total weekly cargo capacity to 228 tonnes each way.
- Dallas: Passenger services will increase from seven to 10 a week, providing 54 tonnes of cargo capacity a week each way.
- São Paulo: Passenger services will increase from 11 to 14 a week, lifting total weekly cargo capacity to 479+ tonnes each way.
- Addis Ababa: Passenger services will be upgraded from B787 to B777 aircraft, increasing available belly-hold capacity to 44+ tonnes a week each way.
- Tunis: Passenger services will increase from seven to 10 a week, lifting weekly cargo capacity to 105+ tonnes each way.
The freighter changes in Europe include the relaunch of Boeing 777 freighter services to Vienna and the addition of a second Boeing 777 freighter to Warsaw. Vienna will now have one weekly freighter service. Warsaw will increase to two weekly freighter flights, supported by seven weekly belly-hold flights.
The airline is also increasing or relaunching capacity to several other destinations, including Addis Ababa, Tunis, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Helsinki, Istanbul, Amman, Baghdad, Basra, Beirut, Dammam, Caracas and Bogotá.
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