News / Qatar Airways eyes growing e-commerce sector and launches door-to-door service

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Qatar Airways is eyeing the growing e-commerce business and launching a door-to-door courier delivery service.

The new QR Express product is aimed at global e-commerce ? only 14% of Qatar’s population currently buys online, despite internet penetration of 85%, and only 14% of the population has credit cards – debit cards cannot be used for online purchasing.

“We want to get into the courier business which is high-yield, high-margin business,” said CEO Akbar Al Baker. “We are very keen, and this is ...