In less than a month, the "Arabian oryx" will begin gracing the ramps of ATL and YYZ; freighter service to IAH will complement QR's existing daily passenger service.
A combined ATL/IAH service will operate 2x weekly starting November 2; YYZ will operate 1x weekly starting November 7. All services will operate to Doha via Luxemburg with 777F equipment.
globalflyer From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 812 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 2595 times:
This is really fantastic news! Is there a timetable for the ATL/IAH routing. I have flown QR several times in JCL and it was fantastic! I would love to see a pax service to ATL!
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Frostbite From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 394 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2169 times:
Quoting globalflyer (Reply 1): Is there a timetable for the ATL/IAH routing.
I haven't been able to find one but it is probably a safe bet that most ops will be in the wee hours of the night.
Given the close ties between QR and Cargolux, I wonder if the upcoming QR frequencies from IAH/ATL to LUX will replace some of the existing Cargolux frequencies. For example, CV currently flies ATL-LUX 5x weekly.
CX747 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4385 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2128 times:
The death of Cargolux begins.
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Flyer732 From Namibia, joined Nov 1999, 1338 posts, RR: 27 Reply 4, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2078 times:
Quoting CX747 (Reply 3): The death of Cargolux begins.
I've been contracted to them for some time, and one look around LUX would negate your comment fairly quickly. Aside from that, the 777 isn't nearly as capable as the 744F on dense cargo, no matter how you cut it.
CargoLex From United States of America, joined Apr 2010, 1178 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2056 times:
Hard to say what impact that will have on Cargolux. Yes, it could mean reduced CV frequencies to these airports (though CV doesn't serve YYZ), but it also might mean that the 777LRF is a better fit for current demand. CargoItalia made a big splash of launching ATL last year but couldn't make it work.
But I think the timing of this press release might have more to do with Lufthansa Cargo than with CV. Of these three destinations, two are served by LH Cargo by now-threatened night ops from Frankfurt. If LH isn't able to run these frequencies anymore, then QR might want to pick up that demand.
QatarA340 From Qatar, joined May 2006, 1619 posts, RR: 7 Reply 7, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1660 times:
Quoting CX747 (Reply 3): The death of Cargolux begins.
Rather the opposite. Cargolux will take advantage of QR's expansive destinations to more than 110 cities around the world, and it can add to QR's places where it does not serve expansively like North America.
blueflyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 3160 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1529 times:
Quoting CX747 (Reply 3): The death of Cargolux begins.
Qatar isn't majority shareholder by a mile.
I think it's actually good synergies. QR flights between DOH and LUX can feed CV flights to North and South America, and QR gets to benefit from CV's extensive RFS network.
BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14411 posts, RR: 26 Reply 10, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1502 times:
No flight to the new "Cargo City" in St. Louis? Man, QR is missing the boat on this one. Why fly to Atlanta when you can fly to St. Louis and truck cargo to Atlanta?
Quoting CX747 (Reply 3): The death of Cargolux begins.
I think that's more than a little dramatic.
Why do Aerospace Engineering students have to turn things in on time?
PanHAM From Germany, joined May 2005, 7839 posts, RR: 27 Reply 12, posted (1 year 8 months 1 week 22 hours ago) and read 1350 times:
Quoting CargoLex (Reply 5): If LH isn't able to run these frequencies anymore, then QR might want to pick up that demand.
that is certainly a risk, but still, LH is on par here with QR as it does not matter whether freight is trucked to LUX or CGN (should LH move partially there)
Quoting blueflyer (Reply 9):
Qatar isn't majority shareholder by a mile.
but with a blocking minority they can do anything, besides that they have the money.
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