Qatar Airways Cargo

Qatar Airways says goodbye to Boeing 747 freighter

The 747 jumbo jet era is over at Qatar Airways. The company’s cargo subsidiary announced that its lone remaining Boeing 747-8 freighter finished its last flight on Friday, arriving at its base in Doha from Barcelona, Spain.

Qatar Airways Cargo acquired two 747-8s in 2017 and recently agreed to sell them to UPS. The airline will now operate an all-Boeing 777 fleet as it seeks better efficiency and emissions reductions.

The two cargo jets, which are young by freighter standards at 10 and seven...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/qatar-airways-says-goodbye-to-boeing-747-freighter

Ocean carrier CMA CGM buys jets for new air cargo unit

Close of landing gear on a large jet.

CMA CGM, the fourth-largest container shipping line and parent of CEVA Logistics, now owns a cargo airline. The move bears similarities to what Amazon.com (NASDQ: AMZN) did five years ago when it launched a private airline to help support its rapidly growing e-commerce business.

The French shipping company, based in Marseille, announced Friday it was diversifying its transportation and logistics portfolio by creating an airfreight division. It has purchased four Airbus A330-200 freighters, which...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ocean-carrier-cma-cgm-buys-jets-for-new-air-cargo-unit

Qatar Airways to offer capacity through WebCargo digital platform

A Qatar Airways Cargo jet, beige on top and white on bottom parked on a sunny day.

Qatar Airways, the world’s second-largest cargo airline, has signed onto WebCargo’s digital freight marketplace, which gives freight forwarders the ability to quickly compare live rates and capacity, and electronically book shipments.

Logistics companies in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa and Spain will be able to access Qatar’s real-time supply and instantly make cargo reservations beginning Feb. 7, the companies announced Wednesday.

As part of the launch, Qatar Airways...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/qatar-airways-to-offer-capacity-through-webcargo-digital-platform

Boeing 777 freighters bring relief to tight air cargo market

A side view of new China Airlines 777 on a gray day.

A wavelet of Boeing 777 freighters entering commercial service is providing a dose of relief to shippers struggling to find capacity ever since passenger airlines closed down most international flights nine months ago due to the pandemic.

Qatar Airways and China Airlines are the latest carriers to add the 777 freighter to their fleets, as they set their sights on expansion in 2021.

Qatar Airways’ cargo division on Friday took delivery of three production 777 cargo planes built by Boeing, adding...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/boeing-777-freighters-bring-relief-to-tight-air-cargo-market

UNICEF plans COVID vaccine transport to low-income countries

The front end, nose of a a grey plane with white underbelly, shot from the side with a blue van parked facing the plane after arriving at airport.

UNICEF says airlift will be required for about 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021and is working with the airfreight community to implement transport to more than 92 nations.

The speed and scale of a global emergency vaccine program dwarfs anything attempted before, with the challenge compounded by the fact that some vaccine candidates require two doses several weeks apart and need to be stored at sub-arctic temperatures. Emerging economies often don’t have extensive cold-chain...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/unicef-plans-covid-vaccine-transport-to-low-income-countries

Qatar Airways throws more cargo resources at Scandinavia, France

Qatar Airways, one of the largest airfreight operators in the world by volume, on Sunday announced it is increasing cargo capacity for Scandinavian cities and launching an emergency air bridge between Vietnam and France using both freighters and repurposed passenger jets to haul freight.

Qatar has added five Airbus 350 passenger planes to haul only freight to Copenhagen. That is in addition to its thrice-weekly flights to the Danish capital increasing its total weekly cargo capacity for Denmark...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/qatar-airways-throws-more-cargo-resources-at-scandinavia-france

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