Qatar Airways to provide 400 tonnes of free tonnage for UNHCR aid delivery

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Airways and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have extended their partnership for another two years to aid...

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Airways and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have extended their partnership for another two years to aid in the transportation of relief items to vulnerable refugees and internally displaced people worldwide.

The agreement, signed yesterday in Doha, will remain in effect until 2025, and marks the third extension of the collaboration, which was first established in May 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

The signing ceremony took place between Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Badr Mohammed Al Meer, and UNHCR High Commissioner, Filippo Grandi. Also present were UNHCR’s Representative to Qatar, Ahmed Mohsen, and Qatar Airways Chief Cargo Officer, Mark Drusch.

In his remarks, Engr. Al Meer announced that Qatar Airways would provide 400 tonnes of free tonnage to UNHCR to assist in the delivery of essential aid supplies to those in need. The airline will utilise its hub-and-spoke network out of Hamad International Airport, recently named the ‘World’s Best Airport’ at the Skytrax Airport Awards.

He highlighted the capabilities of the airline’s cargo division, the world’s largest global air cargo operator, with a fleet of 28 freighters and access to over 200 passenger aircraft, serving a network of 70 freighter destinations and over 170 belly-hold destinations.