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Qatar orders five 777F freighters

Qatar Airways has signed a letter of intent with Boeing for five 777 Freighters, valued at $1.7 billion at list prices. The new aircraft, which have a payload of 102 tonnes, are part of a 100-strong order for planes with the US manufacturer. [+]

Qatar takes Cathay stake

Qatar Airways has acquired a 9.61% stake in Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways. The Middle Eastern carrier already has a 20% share in IAG, parent company of British Airways and Iberia parent and a 10% investment in South America’s LATAM Airlines, although it abandoned a plan to take ... [+]

Qatar confirms start of Cardiff flights

Qatar Airways has confirmed that it will launch daily Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger flights between its home hub at Doha and Cardiff on 1 May 2018. First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, said the service would be “a huge boost for Wales. Providing a direct route into the world's fastest growing ... [+]

Qatar is cool customer

Qatar Airways Cargo has signed an agreement to use DoKaSch Temperature Solutions range of Opticooler containers for pharmaceuticals. The RAP and RKN Opticooler containers have electric, battery-powered cooling compressors and heaters and require no dry ice and can keep cargo within a temperature range of 2 to 8 degrees or ... [+]

All there in black and white

Qatar Airways Cargo is flying out a herd cows to help get its home country’s dairy industry off the ground. The first two shipments of 230 Holsteins – available in any colour you like, as long as it’s black and white - have been moved from Europe on a Qatar Airways ... [+]

Qatar links Wales to the world

Qatar Airways is to launch a daily flight from Cardiff Airport to its hub in Doha, Qatar, in 2018. It will be the first regular direct long-haul flight between Wales and a major Gulf hub with connections to over 150 destinations across the globe in Asia, Australasia, Africa and the ... [+]

Qatar launches Cambodia link

Qatar Airways Cargo is launched its first freighter service to Phnom Penh Cambodia on 3 April. The A330 freighter operates weekly from the carrier’s Doha hub with over 60 tonnes of cargo capacity each way. [+]

Magic carpet to Qatar for Beauty and the Beast

Premium Events has moved its production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast from Bucharest to Doha’s on one of Qatar Airways cargo aircraft. The touring version of the show is one of the most complex touring theatre productions in the world, with over 1,000 costume pieces, a lavish stage set ... [+]

Double delight for Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways revealed plans for a new double decker cargo terminal at Hamad International Airport on 27 October, a day on which it also announced that it had become the third largest international cargo airline in the world, according to IATA figures. The new facility would have a capacity of ... [+]

Qatar Airways returns to Nagpur

Qatar Airways will reinstate flights between Doha and Nagpur, India, from 1 December 2015. The carrier previously served Nagpur from September 2007 to May 2009. [+]

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