Qatar Airways Cargo has introduced a direct freighter service from Colombia’s capital Bogotá to Texas in the United States using its Boeing 777 freighter. The once-a-week service departs on Mondays from Bogota and flies to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). The freight service will offer close to 100 tonnes of cargo capacity for transporting perishables like flowers, fruits, vegetables and coffee, as well as live animals, machinery and other general cargo destined for DFW. John … [Read more...] about Qatar Airways deploys 777F on BOG-DFW route
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
DFW reaches cargo milestone, banks on digitization
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport has good reason to celebrate as the airport unlocked its 1 million tonne milestone for cargo moved in 2021. The air hub, based in North Texas, announced the feat at the 2022 TIACA Executive Summit in San Francisco in end-March, attributing it to ongoing shifts in the global supply chain, including the shift from ocean to air freight. DFW said it is focused on future investments in air cargo facilities and infrastructure to meet growing demand driven … [Read more...] about DFW reaches cargo milestone, banks on digitization
DFW: Staying cool and ahead in the cold chain
In an email interview with Payload Asia, Milton De La Paz, vice president for airline relations and cargo business development at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, gives us a rundown of the airport community at DFW, the heightened focus on pharma and perishables as well as the air hub’s future prospects to grow the cargo business. Can you tell us more about DFW? Who are the main airlines, cargo handlers and forwarders that make up the cargo community at the airport? We currently … [Read more...] about DFW: Staying cool and ahead in the cold chain
