Qatar Airways Cargo reintroduced flights to Haneda, Nice, Manama and Sarajevo in the month of May as it continues to expand its Middle East operations.

The carrier relaunched services to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport last week. The reintroduced passenger flights bring the total weekly tonnage available to and from Japan to 600 tonnes each way. General cargo makes up for the vast majority of exports from Tokyo, followed by vulnerable cargo and dangerous goods. Imports consist of general cargo, fish, seafood, fruits and vegetables.

Qatar also commenced four weekly passenger Airbus A320 flights from Doha to Sarajevo with 6 tonnes of weekly cargo capacity on 30 May. Commodities mainly consist of general cargo and nclude vulnerable cargo and pharmaceuticals.

The carrier also relaunched passenger flights to Nice earlier on 9 May with exports comprising of general cargo, dangerous goods, pharmaceuticals. Cargo flown into Nice saw general cargo, dangerous goods, vulnerable cargo and other types of cargo. With freighter services to Lyon and Paris and belly-hold flights to Nice and Paris, Qatar’s weekly cargo capacity to and from France has increased to 1,100 tonnes each way.

Daily flights to Bahrain started on 25 May, with 11 tonnes of cargo space on the A320 passenger flights each week, each way. In addition, Qatar Airways Cargo has also expanded its network in the Middle East, effective May. The airline introduced two Boeing 777 freighters to Dammam, bringing the weekly tonnage to 350 tonnes each way. A new freighter frequency was also introduced to Riyadh, bringing the total frequencies to five Boeing 777 freighter services each week on top of four daily passenger flights, providing over 850 tonnes of cargo capacity each way to and from Riyadh.

Guillaume Halleux, Chief Officer Cargo at Qatar Airways said, “Customer-centricity has always been at the core of our business. Through such expansions, reintroductions and capacity increases via our Next Generation strategy and VISION 2027, we are bringing enhancements to our services and operations globally. The relaunch of flights to these destinations as well as the increased frequencies offer our customers direct and increased capacity to these destinations.”

Qatar Airways recently launched its first hub in Kigali in partnership with Rwandair, to form a reliable intra-African network through Kigali.