Qa tar Airways Cargo launches new Warsaw freighters: Qatar Airways Cargo has started operating new freighters to Warsaw this month with one flight per week, Stat Times reports. The airline will operate a dedicated freighter with a weekly cargo capacity of 100 tonnes each way. The new freight service, in addition to 10 weekly passenger flights to Warsaw, will bring weekly freight capacity to the city to more than 200 tonnes,.

What they said: “With the launch of freighters, businesses in Poland benefit from direct main deck freighter capacity for their imports and exports. The majority of the imports and exports consist of general cargo and perishables,” said Elisabeth Oudkerk, senior VP of cargo sales and network planning at Qatar Airways.

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