Qatar Airways Cargo
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| Founded | November 22, 1993 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | January 20, 1994 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 21 | ||||||
| Destinations | 54 | ||||||
| Parent company | Qatar Airways | ||||||
| Headquarters | Qatar Airways Towers, Doha, Qatar |
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Qatar Airways Cargo is the world's third largest cargo carrier and serves 54 exclusive freighter destinations worldwide via its state-of-the-art Doha Hamad International Airport hub. Utilising a dedicated freighter fleet of eight Airbus A330, eleven Boeing 777 freighters and one Boeing 747 freighter together with Qatar Airways passenger fleet to deliver freight to more than 150 key business and leisure destinations globally on over 190 aircraft
Qatar Airways Cargo, the airline's freight branch, is the world's third largest international cargo carrier. It has ordered three Boeing 777F. The first Boeing 777F was delivered to the airline in on May 14, 2010, and has freight facilities able to handle 750,000 tonnes of cargo per annum during its first development phase. The Boeing 777F will be used primarily on Qatar Airways' Far East and European routes and will be supplemented by Airbus A300-600F freighters operating on regional routes feeding the airline's hub.
Dedicated cargo flights to Cairo International Airport were launched in June 2009 complementing the passenger services already operated.
On August 18, 2010, the airline launched its first US dedicated cargo service from its hub in Doha to Chicago-O'Hare with a stop-over in Amsterdam, Netherlands using Boeing 777 freighter aircraft.
On March 13, 2013, Qatar Airways Cargo first of three A330F was delivered provided on lease from BOC aviation replacing A300-600F.
Global Supply Systems operated three Boeing 747-8F aircraft under a wet lease arrangement for British Airways World Cargo until BA terminated the contract early on January 17, 2014. An agreement with Qatar Airways to operate flights for IAG Cargo using Boeing 777F was announced on the same day.
On March 18, 2015, Qatar Airways Cargo announced that starting April 4, 2015 will launch a twice-weekly Boeing 777 Freighter service to Los Angeles which will become Qatar Airways Cargo’s fourth US freighter destination alongside Houston, Chicago and Atlanta.
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