DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) is starting 2016 with an expansion programme across eastern Europe, enabling passengers to benefit from additional flight options via Hamad International Airport (HIA).
Further expansion by the award-winning airline into eastern Europe adds a further level of choice for passengers travelling between Croatia, Hungary and Azerbaijan and anywhere in the airline’s extensive global network.
Flights to Zagreb and Budapest are increasing to a 10-weekly service from the current daily from April 3 and July 3, respectively, while flights to Baku are increasing to an 11-weekly service from the current daily scheduled flight, from March 27.
QA is also launching new direct flights from Doha to Belgrade from March 16, a destination served by it via Sofia, enhancing the journey time to and from the capital of Serbia on a four-weekly schedule.
In response to increasing demand, one of QA’s double-daily services to Moscow Domodedovo International Airport is served with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Flights to Warsaw will be upgraded to the Airbus A330 aircraft from July 1, increasing seat capacity on the daily scheduled service from Doha
QA Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker, said: “QA is expanding rapidly, not only in terms of new places and our network offering, but also with the service we offer. Complementing our service in the skies are our transfer facilities at the state-of-the-art HIA, coupled with the experience of flying on board one of the youngest fleets in the industry.”
QA’s double-daily services to Moscow Domodedovo International Airport with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner offers 122 more seats per departure than the A320 aircraft previously used for the flight.
QA Boeing 787 has 254 seats — 22 in Business Class with a 1-2-1 configuration, and 232 in Economy Class seats with a 3-3-3 configuration. All seats in Business Class recline at 180 degrees, turning into a fully flat bed.
Flights to Warsaw will be upgraded to the Airbus A330 aircraft from July 1, increasing seat capacity on the daily scheduled service from Doha. The Airbus A320 serves Warsaw and the second daily frequency service to Moscow.
QA has seen rapid growth in 19 years of operation and flies a modern fleet of 175 aircraft to more than 150 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America.
For all QA route services and connecting flights from HIA, details are available on http://www.qatarairways.com/us/en/route-map.page
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