DOHA: Qatar Airways yesterday announced expansion of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner route network to India with the launch of services to and from Kolkata starting December 1.
This will increase the daily seat capacity on the route by more than 76 percent, from 144 seats on the A320 to 254 seats on the B787 aircraft, according to the statement. Qatar Airways currently operates the 787 Dreamliner twice daily to India’s capital city Delhi. The Peninsula
DOHA: Qatar Airways announced a substantial increase in flight frequencies to Stockholm in Sweden, Copenhagen in Denmark and Brussels in Belgium.
The carrier said in a press statement yesterday that starting December 1, flights from Doha to Stockholm, Sweden, will expand from a 10-times weekly service to 13 flights per week, a capacity increase of 30 per cent on the route.
The increase is seasonal and valid until 25 March 2016. A double-daily service will be operated every day except Wednesday by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, offering customers 254 seats across its Business and Economy Classes, the statement said.
With the launch of these additional frequencies, customers from the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa in particular will benefit from improved connectivity to the Swedish capital via Qatar Airways’ Doha hub.
The statement added that Qatar Airways’ flight network to Scandinavia will be further enhanced with the expansion of flights to Copenhagen from 2 December 2015. The airline will increase frequencies from an 11-times weekly service to double daily flights, representing an increase of almost 30 per cent in additional seats to Copenhagen every week. All flights will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and customers flying from the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa can look forward to even smoother connections via the state-of-the-art Hamad International Airport. The Peninsula
