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Qatar Airways Cargo ... new service to Norway.

Qatar Airways Cargo plans freighter service to Stavanger

DOHA, October 21, 2014

Qatar Airways Cargo has announced the launch of a freighter service to Stavanger in Norway, effective November 3.

Stavanger will be served once a week by an Airbus A330F freighter, with the freighter making a stop at Brussels before heading to Stavanger Airport and then returning to Doha.

“We are very excited to be the first carrier to operate scheduled freighters into the Norwegian energy capital of Stavanger. This new route will allow us to cater to the strong import and export demand in this city and will facilitate trade between Qatar and Norway,” Ulrich Ogiermann, chief officer cargo at Qatar Airways said. “We already operate freighters to Oslo in Norway and are glad to introduce this new route, in line with our customers’ demands.”

Stavanger is known as the European oil and gas capital, with many of the major oil and gas companies and supplier companies having their Norwegian headquarters located in Stavanger. Other areas of activity and business include fishing, shipping, finance, culture, food and renewable energy. There is also great demand for Norwegian salmon worldwide, while imports include considerable quantities of motor vehicles and other transport equipment, raw materials, and industrial equipment.

With the introduction of scheduled freighter services, Qatar Airways Cargo will provide air transportation to these growing industries through the Doha hub, to and from more than 140 destinations worldwide.

The airline received its seventh Boeing 777 freighter on October 2, bringing up the total freighter fleet to 10.

Given the increase in imports and exports to India, a third A330 freighter frequency will be added to the Doha-Delhi route, effective October 30, just months after the launch of the first freighter to Delhi on May 4. -TradeArabia News Service
 




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