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Responding to a question of the current opportunity in the current market. “What
challenge of striking long-term partnership we are trying to achieve a balance taking
for controlled capacity with forwarders advantage of the geographical position
Oudkerk said that the pressure is on both where we are located. Trying to decide
sides. “So it is about finding the balance in how many flights we can operate to the
such partnership that is of value to both West and to the East. Some countries
partners. We look for long term partnership. are still struggling in terms of air cargo
But we know that no one can read the mar- demand, therefore we look for other mar-
ket and find what is going on. Sometimes kets,” she said. “So we are working very
we do find that there is still some demand closely with pricing, revenue manage-
for long-term commitments.” ment and network planning teams to find
Some of the other important an- opportunities and improve everything,”
nouncements include the launch of a she added.
weekly freighter service to Warsaw in Digitalisation has been a critical area
Poland. This is in addition to the belly of investment and growth for Qatar
cargo capacity available in 10 weekly Airways Cargo. Besides making its capacity
services the carrier already operates. available across all digital market places
With the addition of weekly freighter the for forwarders to buy cargo capacity on
cargo capacity increases to more than 200 Qatar Airways Cargo network, the carrier
tonnes from Warsaw. has been working with PROS (Profit and
Qatar Airways Cargo resumed freighter Revenue Optimization Software) to offer
services to Bahrain in September launch- real-time, reliable, and personalised pric-
ing three weekly freighter operations. This ing with each shipment requested via its
is in addition to the 21 weekly narrow- Digital Lounge.
body passenger flights to Bahrain. With The latest update is powered by PROS
this there is more than 200 tonnes of Smart Price Optimization and Manage-
weekly cargo capacity to/from Bahrain. ment which is now live on all online
The imports into Bahrain consist of
general cargo and perishables like fruits,
vegetables and meat while exports from We started the
Bahrain include general cargo and danger- whole digital journey
ous goods.
China has always been a key market for to be where our
Qatar Airways both for its bellies and for
the freighters. The recent partnership with customers are. Make
Xiamen Airlines opens a direct non-stop
flights and Xiamen Airlines becomes the multiple channels
first Chinese airline to operate passenger available to them
non-stop flights from Mainland China to
Qatar. Under the agreement, the Chinese to do bookings and
carrier will launch daily flights between
Beijing’s Daxing International Airport and make that process
Doha’s Hamad International Airport. In
addition to the flights from Beijing, the easy with their own
carrier will also launch two weekly flights choices. We are
from Xiamen, the special economic zone
of Fujian Sheng province, to Doha. It has steadily increasing
already commenced belly hold flights to
Chengdu and Chongqing in September things that they can
serving three times a week by Airbus
A330-300 aircraft. According to Oud- do on our digital
kerk, with the Xiamen partnership Qatar platform.
Airways Cargo will serve nine destinations
in mainland China, offering over 2,800
tonnes of weekly cargo capacity. ELISABETH
For Qatar Airways Cargo and for OUDKERK
Oudkerk there is both challenge and
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