New Atlanta–Doha service boosts Qatar’s cargo capacity

Today’s inaugural Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport adds bellyhold cargo capacity to the carrier’s extant four weekly flights between the two airports.

With the addition of daily 777 passenger flights, Qatar Airways offers a combined 744 tonnes of capacity per week on its Doha-Atlanta route, which the carrier contends is necessary to meet “robust demand.”

According to Forbes, Atlanta is Qatar’s 10^th U.S. destination, and the third new destination in the US this year, following Los Angeles in January and Boston in March. Just last month, Qatar doubled capacity on its New York-Doha route, adding a second daily flight. The airline now offers 5,000 seats a day between the US and Qatar.