Qatar Airways To Launch Cargo Flights From Sialkot To Doha

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:43 am

Ad by Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) appearing in today's (October 25) newspaper:

On the Net:

www.sial.com.pk

www.qrcargo.com

raihans · Post by **raihans** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:35 am

Thank you cpt_747 for the correction; PIA is mostly concentrating on Commercial Passenger flights rather than the Cargo flights from Sialkot. For cargo flights, they need freighter aircraft for which no plans revealed yet but at least they can lease some aircraft for initial cargo operations.

Any idea that 14000 tonnes cargo was trasported through which airline/freighter service for first year from Sialkot?

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:48 am

raihans wrote:Any idea that 14000 tonnes cargo was trasported through which airline/freighter service for first year from Sialkot?

That must be cargo consignments carried in cargo hold of PIA aircraft operating scheduled passenger flights on Sialkot-Karachi and Sialkot-Kuwait sectors.

Abbas

Hamad · Post by **Hamad** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:32 pm

See here Sialkot in Qatar Airways Winther Timetable.

trikko · Post by **trikko** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:00 pm

Checkout this website

http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/n ... Oct08.html

shoaibmalik21 · Post by **shoaibmalik21** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:24 pm

abbas bhai,

have u got any news about the landing of the QR 6336 CARGO FLIGHT to sialkot on moday ?

bcz i didn't hear any.

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:22 pm

^ hopefully, photos with details will be posted on official website of Sialkot Airport www.sial.com.pk

Abbas

Hamad · Post by **Hamad** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:40 pm

Qatar Airways Launches New Cargo Route to Sialkot

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:07 am

^ Nice find!! Thank you Hamad for sharing

Qatar Airways Starts Non-stop Weekly Cargo Flights From Sialkot

SIALKOT (October 29 2008): Qatar Airways has become first airline by commencing its weekly cargo non-stop flights between the airlines operational hub of Doha and Sialkot. The first cargo flight with exportable consignments weighing 40 tons took off from Sialkot international airport on Monday evening.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony the Cargo Hub Operations Manager Khalid Munir said that our new five star cargo service which operates every Monday will prove to be a huge success. Qatar Airways are looking forward to working with local business community, exporters, freight forwarders and agents he said.

According to media release of Qatar Airways, Qatar Airways cargo is adding yet another freight service to its network with the launch of non-stop flights between Doha and Sialkot. The new service which begins today by using an Airbus A300-600 freighter capitalises on the city's strong reputation for exporting high quality medical, sporting and leather goods.

With such a high volume of products being exported from the city, Qatar Airways cargo -the freighter arm of leading five star airline saw a huge potential in operating a direct cargo service into Sialkot, of which Sialkot is the capital city. Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker explained that with the impressive growth of passenger business over the years, there was now a concerted effort to build the airlines cargo operation.

This second new freight service launched by Qatar Airways cargo in the space of just two months having begun cargo flights to Zaragoza in September he added. We have a strong commitment to strengthen our cargo network as we explore diverse and exciting cities such as Sialkot, which has established export business in textile, surgical and sporting goods industries. Sialkot is a perfect addition to the airline's already strong Pakistan network, where we have two other cargo and passenger routes Akbar Al Baker added.

Speaking on the occasion, Chairman Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) Ghulam Mustafa Choudary thanked the Qatar Airways for launching its non-stop cargo flight from this export-oriented city and hub of cottage industry of the country. He stressed upon the high ups of Qatar Airways to take initiatives for starting passenger flights from Sialkot.

Source: www.brecorder.com

raihans · Post by **raihans** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:44 am

^ nice find Hamad, thanks for posting.

Is it a good load of 40 tons for this cargo flight?

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:30 am

Qatar Airways has become first airline by commencing its weekly cargo non-stop flights between the airlines operational hub of Doha and Sialkot. The first cargo flight with exportable consignments weighing 40 tons took off from Sialkot international airport on Monday evening.

1 ton [metric] = 1000 kilograms
40 tons [metric] = 40000 kilograms

According to Qatar Airways Cargo website, their Airbus A300-600F freighter can carry upto 42000 kilograms of cargo so it means the inaugural flight with 40000 kilograms of cargo from Sialkot carried excellent amount of cargo consignments. Good work by Qatar Airways Cargo team!

Image Source: Qatar Airways Cargo

raihans · Post by **raihans** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:29 am

^ thank you Abbas for the information; that means the first flight was fully loaded with cargo and what a great start for QR cargo!!!