QATAR: THE GOAT

Qatar Airways Cargo has witnessed a 4.6% rise in freight tonnes handled in 2020-21. In other words - 2,727,986 tonnes of total cargo, out of which more than 500,000 tonnes were medical aid. The airline even operated a record of 183 flights a day in the month of May 2020 and this agility & determination made the airline world’s largest air cargo carrier, accounting for 9 per cent of the market share in March 2021, as per IATA’s data. On the first day of 2021, the airlines added 3 more Boeing 777 freighters to their cargo fleet to continue their resilient operations.
In 2020, amidst the pandemic, Qatar introduced sustainability project like WeQare providing free transport of one million kilogrammes of humanitarian aid and medical equipment to charitable organisations followed by providing free transportation for wild animals back to their natural habitats.

Summary by Tejaswi Khanna

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