DOHA (Dispatches) - A Qatari businessman is planning to airlift 4,000 dairy cows from Germany, the U.S. and Australia to address its domestic milk demand in face of a Saudi-led blockade which is expected to remain in place for an unspecified time.   
Moutaz Al Khayyat, chairman of Power International Holding, will fly the bovine in 60 flights, in what is thought to be the biggest airlift of cattle ever attempted.   
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates cut diplomatic, economic and transport ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing Doha of supporting extremist groups.  
Most of the fresh milk and dairy products for Doha's more than one million population came from Saudi Arabia up until weeks ago.
But the isolation that started on June 5 has forced Qatar to look at new friends to import food and other materials.  
But four weeks later, the shelves of Doha’s gleaming supermarkets are still full thanks to imports from Iran and Turkey.   
On Sunday, Iran had sent five planes of vegetables to Qatar.
"So far five planes carrying... vegetables have been sent to Qatar, each carrying around 90 tons of cargo, while another plane will be sent on Sunday,” Iran Air spokesman Shahrokh Noushabadi said.  
Three ships loaded with 350 tons of fruit and vegetables were also set to leave an Iranian port for Qatar.   Dairy products have also been flown in from Turkey and there is a campaign to urge people to use homegrown products.  
Morocco said it would send plane-loads of food to Qatar to boost supplies there.  
****Customers shop at the Al Meera market in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday. Qatar faces possible food and dairy shortages after its Persian Gulf Arab neighbors cut ties with the wealthy nation.