Qatar Airways Cargo is launching a new freighter route to Dallas/Fort Worth from Liege in the new year that the carrier says will be the start of a major expansion of its network and fleet through 2016.

IAG Cargo has indefinitely extended the capacity partnership agreement with Qatar Airways that marked the Anglo-Spanish carrier’s exit from freighter operations a year ago.

Qatar Airways today said it plans to order four new Boeing 777 freighters with an option for four more, bolstering its ambitious bid to become a Top 5 cargo airline by 2018.

The Middle East’s leading airlines made clear their common determination to boost passenger and freight market shares this weekend at the 2013 Dubai Airshow as they dominated the headlines with a series of huge orders for new airplanes.

Qatar Airways will launch a new freighter service between Milan and Chicago in July, doubling the Middle Eastern carrier’s cargo capacity out of the U.S.

Qatar Airways will get back the $117.5 million it paid for a 35 percent stake in Cargolux it acquired from the Grand Duch

Qatar Airways will expand its global bellyhold and freighter network via its Doha hub later this year.

Qatar Airways is adding capacity to Chongqing, where growing electronics manufacturing is f

Qatar Airways is launching scheduled freighter services to Atlanta, Houston and Toronto, the latest expansion in the Gulf Arab carrier’s bid to become one of the world’s biggest air cargo

Qatar Airways, the Gulf Arab airline aiming to become one of the world’s top air freighters, said it could bring forward the date of an initial public offering to as early as this year.

Qatar Airways said it expects to reach agreement in the coming weeks to acquire a 33 percent stake in the largest European all-cargo carrier Cargolux.