Qatar Airways Cargo on Tuesday announced an expansion of its dedicated freighter routes with new services to Vietnam and India.
Cargo flights will be added to Hanoi, Kozhikode and Bengaluru, formerly known as Bangalore, the airline said in a statement.
Freighter operations to Kozhikode and onto Bengaluru will boost Qatar Airways Cargo’s freighter capacity in India by an additional 40 metric tonnes a week.
Cargo flights from Doha to Hanoi begin on April 15, stopping in Hong Kong on the return sector, the carrier added.
The launch of the weekly Hanoi cargo service follows the start of passenger flights to the Vietnamese capital in November.
In India, Qatar Airways currently operates passenger and cargo flights to 12 cities. Cargo payloads include a multitude of goods ranging from medical and pharmaceutical supplies to vegetables and personal effects.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said that the new freighter services presented an opportunity to grow business in Vietnam and also bring welcomed extra capacity to the airline’s cargo operations in India.
“Adding Hanoi to our cargo network is an astute move for us as we’ve identified this as a major growth market,” he said. “Vietnam exports a lot of manufacturing goods and it is the world’s second highest exporter of rice.
“In India, we’ve seen a big upward trend in cargo movements. The market in India is still growing and we see more opportunities on the horizon.”
Cargo operations for the airline will move to New Doha International Airport when the $14.5bn facility becomes operational.
With Bengaluru, Kozhikode and Hanoi added, the number of freighter destinations served has increased to 29 destinations.
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