Qatar Airways Cargo handled a total of 1.52 million tonnes of freight in 2015, a 37.5-percent year-on-year increase, according to statistics released by the carrier.

“At a time when international air cargo traffic grew only 2.5 percent in 2015, it makes us very proud that our year-on-year figures from 2014 to 2015 show that we have grown our tonnage by 37.5 percent,” said Ulrich Ogiermann, chief cargo officer of Qatar Airways. “We have achieved this phenomenal growth through a combination of fleet and network expansion, creative interline agreements and by deploying capacity on expanding or untapped markets.”

The airline carried 29 percent more imports into and 10 percent more exports out of its base at Hamad International Airport. Transit cargo also increased 39 percent compared to 2014.

In January 2016, Qatar Airways Cargo launched a freighter service to Dallas/Fort Worth and is due to begin freighter flights to Budapest, Prague and Ho Chi Minh City in March.

The carrier received its eighth Airbus A330-200F in February and expects to take delivery of three more Boeing 777Fs during 2016.

Approximately 51 percent of shipments are transported by its current fleet of eight A330-200Fs, one 747-400F and eight 777Fs, according to the airline.