Qatar Airways targets Indian premium flyers

New Delhi: Targetting India's growing service-conscious overseas air travellers, Qatar Airways on Thursday said it is starting a new service to connect seven Indian cities with New York and Washington, using Doha as a mid-point hub with a host of high-end facilities.
"We currently operate daily flights from six cities in India. Out of these six, Delhi, Hyderabad and Kochi will be connected to Washington via Doha from July 19," Naveen Chawla, regional manager of the airlines, told reporters here.
"Mumbai and Chennai will be connected to New York via Doha beginning June 26 and from Doha, we will have a technical stop at Geneva which is the airline's second destination in Switzerland after Zurich," he said.
The airline currently has no plans to connect Thiruvananthapuram, their sixth destination in the country, with any US city. But Ahmedabad and Nagpur will be added to the airline's list later this year, Chawla added.
The airline is yet to announce the fares to the US but said the premium class fares may start from Rs.180,000 ($4,400) and the economy class fares from Rs.45,000 ($1,100), exclusive of taxes.
02/06/07 Peninsula On-line, Qatar

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Categories: Foreign Jun 2007