Qatar Airways Cargo opens dedicated route to Kuwait

Freighter operations to Kuwait are served with an Airbus A300 freighter on the route boosting Qatar Airways Cargo capacity in the airline’s home region – the Gulf.  

The new dedicated freighter route to the capital Kuwait City complements the existing freighter services in the Gulf to Riyadh, Dubai and Bahrain and will mostly be used to carry cargo goods ranging from perishables, consolidated shipment and pharmaceuticals to garments, food items and equipment for oil and petroleum companies.

The cargo upgrade in the Gulf follows Qatar Airways’ announcement of a major frequency increase of its regional passenger operations in Saudi Arabia, which will see routes to Riyadh and Jeddah go from daily to double daily services and Dammam securing an additional daily flight, all effective June 1. The Doha-based airline will also launch its newest destination in the Kingdom with four-flights-a-week to Medina on July 14.

Qatar Airways chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker said that the new cargo upgrade in the Gulf presented an opportunity to grow business in the carrier’s home region, where the airline maintains a strong passenger network with high frequencies on key routes  such as Muscat, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, as well as Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.

“Adding Kuwait to our cargo network adds further momentum to our surge in trading in our neighbouring Gulf countries,” said Baker. “Kuwait imports a lot of manufacturing goods and based on our prime geographic position, we can offer fast services from across South Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America and Asia-Pacific.