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Qatar Airways boosts cargo capacity
Qatar Airways boosts cargo capacity
September 26, 2017 | 01:26 AM
Qatar Airways will triple capacity at its world-class cargo terminal at Hamad International Airport, Group chief executive Akbar al-Baker has said.
He was addressing the media at Boeing facility at Everrett, Washington, after taking delivery of the national carrier's first ever Boeing 747-8 cargo freighter."The unjustified blockade on us (Qatar) has not prevented us from expanding. We are gifting this aircraft to the people of Qatar," al-Baker said.
The newly delivered Qatar Airways Cargo aircraft Boeing 747-8F painted with the portrait of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, widely recognised by its title 'Tamim al majd'
Qatar Airways Cargo, the world’s third largest international cargo carrier, serves 60 exclusive freighter destinations worldwide via its world-class Doha hub and also delivers freight to more than 150 key business and leisure destinations globally with 200 aircraft. The Qatar Airways Cargo fleet includes eight Airbus A330 freighters,12 Boeing 777 freighters and one Boeing 747 freighter.
September 26, 2017 | 01:26 AM