DOHA, Qatar – “No two days are the same,” Ian Morgan, vice president cargo, The Americas, says. “You could also say that of the different stations in our vast region. Each has its own specialties and cargo make-up. The U.S. alone is, in effect, 50 separate countries. And then, looking to South America, the developments we have seen and been a part of over the past years, are what make working in air cargo so fascinating, exciting, and worthwhile.”
Since the first dedicated Boeing 777 freighter service took off from Doha (DOH) to Chicago-O’Hare (ORD) in the U.S. on 18 August 2010, Qatar Airways Cargo network has expanded across 8 countries on the American continents: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and the United States. A total of 23 online and a further three offline stations are regularly served via freighters, Qatar Airways’ passenger network, and a solid road feeder network. The cargo airline’s top three routings include the once-weekly Boeing 777 freighter leaving Chicago (ORD) to Honolulu (HNL) and Melbourne (MEL), offering 100 tonnes of capacity, the five-weekly service (with over 400 tonnes of capacity per week) from Quito (UIO)- to Panama (PTY), Maastricht (MST) / Liege (LGG) / Ostend (OST), and on to Doha (DOH), and the twice-weekly operation from Bogotá (BOG) to Doha (DOH), with a similar routing providing more than 180 tonnes of uplift every week. Overall, 145 flights with a combined cargo capacity of more than 4,700 tonnes of cargo capacity take off from the Americas each week.
Yet, it is the people working for Qatar Airways Cargo, who are the true driving force of the company. Ian Morgan explains “Fostering a company culture where your team enjoys coming to work and naturally assuming responsibility for the overall image of the entire air cargo industry, as well as the individual success of its customers, clearly reflects externally and attracts more business. I believe that this…
