Qatar sets its sights on being a top five air cargo carrier

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By Alex Lennane in Doha

15/03/2013

The charismatic CEO of Qatar Airways, Akbar Al Baker, finally appeared to acknowledge the carrier’s freight arm this week when he pledged to become one of the top five cargo carriers in the world by 2018. Speaking at the World Cargo Symposium in Doha, Mr Al Baker broke what seems to have been something of a silence on freight, saying: “I want to be in the top five in the next five years. And when I say something I mean ...

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