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Mar 15, 2013 (newstodate): The Doha-based Gulf carrier Qatar Airways has now taken delivery of its second Airbus A330-200F freighter aircraft.
The carrier has placed orders for delivery of a total of three Airbus A330-200F on a lease contract with BOC, and will expand its current fleet comprising also three Airbus A330-600ERF that will be gradually replaced as the new A330-200F aircraft arrive, as well as four Boeing 777F freighters.
In the belly-hold cargo segment, Qatar Airways Cargo is a strong player also in the Nordic scene where it held the #1 position in Norway with 1,199 tonnes, the #4 position in Denmark with 484 tonnes, and the #5 position in Finland with 172 tonnes in January 2013, the latest period reported by CASS.
In addition to the capacity on passenger aircraft, Qatar Airways has also from January 2013, been operating a weekly Boeing 777F freighter into Oslo, Norway, as an en-route stop on the flight from Amsterdam to Doha, with onward connection to Asian destinations.
Qatar Airways first launched passenger flights to Sweden's Stockholm Arlanda from November 27, 2007, to Copenhagen, in Denmark, from March 30, 2010, and finally to Oslo, Norway from October 5, 2011.
Plans for opening of flights into Helsinki, in Finland, have also been aired, but no exact start-up date has yet been announced.
The carrier has placed orders for delivery of a total of three Airbus A330-200F on a lease contract with BOC, and will expand its current fleet comprising also three Airbus A330-600ERF that will be gradually replaced as the new A330-200F aircraft arrive, as well as four Boeing 777F freighters.
In the belly-hold cargo segment, Qatar Airways Cargo is a strong player also in the Nordic scene where it held the #1 position in Norway with 1,199 tonnes, the #4 position in Denmark with 484 tonnes, and the #5 position in Finland with 172 tonnes in January 2013, the latest period reported by CASS.
In addition to the capacity on passenger aircraft, Qatar Airways has also from January 2013, been operating a weekly Boeing 777F freighter into Oslo, Norway, as an en-route stop on the flight from Amsterdam to Doha, with onward connection to Asian destinations.
Qatar Airways first launched passenger flights to Sweden's Stockholm Arlanda from November 27, 2007, to Copenhagen, in Denmark, from March 30, 2010, and finally to Oslo, Norway from October 5, 2011.
Plans for opening of flights into Helsinki, in Finland, have also been aired, but no exact start-up date has yet been announced.