At least partially. The two carriers intend to suspend some of their freighter services to the sub-continent. While Martinair continues serving Bogotá as sole destination south of the Panama Canal, QR Cargo pulls their B777 freighters out of Santiago and Viracopos but continues offering freighter flights to Bogotà, Quito, and Guarulhos, a spokesperson told CargoForwarder Global. Simultaneously, the Arabian carrier will also abandon some routes to the U.S. These unexpected network decisions, both becoming effective during the course of SEP24, have caught forwarding agents by surprise – particularly those who had been allocated major volumes by their airline partners on routes across the South Atlantic.
