Qatar Airways Cargo has fully adopted, implemented and integrated IATA's Cargo-XML data messaging standard, becoming the first airline to do so.
IATA’s Cargo-XML was created to replace the incumbent system, Cargo-IMP, which has been criticised for being too rigid.
It was also created with the aim of having a standard format for sending electronic information about shipments that could be used by the whole air cargo industry, rather than having a patchwork of different arrangements.