Qatar Airways celebrates new route to India

Qatar Airways is strengthening its air links between the State of Qatar and cities across India with two new routes launched over the past few weeks.
Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said India remained, and will continue to be, a key market for Qatar Airways as part of the airline’s long-term commitment to one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
Speaking in the northern Indian city of Jalandhar to celebrate the recent launch of flights to nearby Amritsar, Al Baker said India was the largest single market served by the airline.
Qatar Airways’ maiden flight to the northern Indian state of Punjab landed in the holy city of Amritsar on October 12. Two weeks later, the airline launched scheduled flights to Goa, heralding the arrival of Qatar Airways as the only full-service scheduled global carrier to both destinations.
With Amritsar and Goa both served four-times-a-week from the airline’s Doha hub, Qatar Airways has increased capacity to India to 64 flights a week spread across 10 cities. These include daily non-stop flights between Doha and Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Trivandrum, Cochin and Kozhikode.
"With 10 cities now served across India, Qatar Airways has built up a formidable network in this wonderful country," said Al Baker, addressing media at a packed press conference in Jalandhar.
"Qatar and India share a very special relationship and friendship, and we applaud the local authorities for developing air links to this country over the years and help spread our award-winning Five Star service to more points.
13/11/09 Asian News

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Categories: Foreign Nov 2009