Qatar Airways

Routes rounds up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

Routes rounds up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

South African-born Hendrik Du Preez talks about the potential for Qatar Airways in Africa. Thanks to the end of the blockade, many more opportunities are possible.

The additions takes the airline’s network in Africa to more than 100 weekly flights across 24 destinations.

Including the latest additions, JetBlue customers now have access to more than 80 destinations in Qatar’s network from its main DOH hub.

JetBlue Airways and Qatar Airways announced plans to expand their existing codeshare partnership, offering customers more connecting options on flights between the U.S., Africa and Asia.

Qatar Airways has opened a 9,000-ft.² technical engine facility in Doha that it says will boost cost efficiencies and workflow.

Qatar Airways is preparing the next stage of its development for post-COVID flying by operating a special flight carrying only vaccinated crew and passengers on board.

Alaska can now offer passengers expansive international route itineraries.

Qatar Airways Cargo wants to speed up the digitalization of air cargo in 2021, saying that the industry has taken too long to improve its way of doing business.

The pass could be the first step to 'normalized' air travel.

Wesgro managers on the Cape Town Air Access project discuss route development to the city as they vie with COVID-19.

Gulf carriers Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways aim to reroute more passengers from Africa via their respective hubs in Dubai (DXB) and Doha (DOH) once the COVID-19 pandemic eases.

Atlanta will return to the Qatar Airways network in June as part of an expansion of services to the U.S.

Additional international services are returning to the Gulf carriers’ route maps.

Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways are poised to reinstate routes that have been suspended for more than three-and-a-half years.

The Qatar-UAE flights will be the first scheduled nonstop routes since mid-2017. Additionally, Qatar’s flag-carrier has signed an expanded codeshare deal with Iberia.

Cairo and Alexandria are being restored to the airline’s route map.

The national carriers of Qatar and Saudi Arabia are adding back scheduled routes between the countries, less than a week after a deal was reached to end a diplomatic dispute spanning more than three years.

Scheduled flights have resumed today following the detente reached last week.

The Qatar Airways flight QR1365 that took off from Doha (DOH) on Jan. 7 at 8:45 p.m. bound for Johannesburg (JNB) marked a new chapter for the Oneworld alliance member.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to restore ties with Qatar, ending a blockade that has been in place for more than three years.

The restoration of diplomatic relations between Qatar and four Arab states looks set to have big implications for oneworld alliance member Qatar Airways.

The blockade imposed on the State of Qatar and consequently its flag-carrier Qatar Airways by neighbors including Saudi Arabia and the UAE has been lifted.

The oneworld alliance member will compete with Emirates on the service.