Qatar Airways Cargo has taken delivery of two new freighter aircraft as part of the expansion of its all-cargo fleet, including its seventh Airbus 330-200F and its first nose loading Boeing 747-8F.
The aircraft will be used to increase frequencies to Bahrain, Brussels, Chennai, Hyderabad, London Stansted and Mumbai.
Ulrich Ogiermann,Qatar Airways' Chief Officer of Cargo, said: “The arrival of this new aircraft brings our total fleet up to 16 freighters and is an important addition to the airline at a time when we are experiencing unprecedented growth.
"Increasing our capacity in tandem with increasing our network reach is an essential part of our strategy for the coming years and we expect to have a total of 21 freighters in our fleet by 2017.”
