War of words over Gulf air cargo carriers serving Europe heats up at IATA HQ

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By Martin Roebuck in Geneva

12/12/2013

A simmering war of words about market access heated up this week, following complaints from Qatar Airways’ (QR) chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann, that the carrier has been unable to expand into Germany as far as it would like.

Qatar and Germany amended their bilateral agreement in 2010 to allow QR to operate up to 35 weekly flights to five German airports, increased from 21. The carrier added a number of new freighter destinations, including Paris and Madrid, in November, but ...

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