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Qatar Airways launches five-star service for travelling horses

Horses have become the latest airline passenger segment to be given the luxury treatment as Qatar Airways launches a five-star service for its equine customers. Forget flying butlers, the Doha-based carrier is offering dedicated grooms for its hoofed clientele as part of a massive push to expand its cargo business. The carrier’s stable of luxury services now includes a live animal...

Qatar Airways Named Best Airline for Business Class

Qatar Airways was honoured with the title for Best Airline for Business Class in the inaugural Travel Weekly Asia Reader's Choice Awards. The awards seeks to recognise travel companies and individuals for their outstanding achievements and pay tribute to the top travel organisations for their commitment, contributions and accomplishments. The 32 winners were determined by the travel...

Qatar Airways CEO addresses aviation figures at IATA passenger symposium

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, brought a lively debate to the IATA World Passenger Symposium in Hamburg, when interviewed live on stage by BBC correspondent Mr. Rajan Datar. Speaking with Mr. Datar in front of more than 500 senior attendees from the aviation world, Mr. Al Baker shared his own expertise on the passenger experience, when asked of his views...

Qatar Airways to Fly Direct into Adelaide with Airbus A350-900

Qatar Airways will begin making daily flights to and from Adelaide, with the South Australian Government saying it will boost jobs and the economy. The airline announced services between Adelaide and Qatar would begin in May next year with an Airbus A350-900 flying the route, the first to be flown in Australia. They will arrive about 4:25 p.m. and depart about 9:00 p.m. South Au...

Qatar Airways signs codeshare agreement with SUN-AIR

Qatar Airways has signed a code-share agreement with Danish carrier SUN-AIR, a franchise of British Airways. From 8th October, 2015 SUN-AIR and Qatar Airways will introduce codeshare flights between Billund, Aalborg and Aarhus in Jutland, the Western part of Denmark, and several European destinations including Oslo, Brussels, Manchester and Munich. This new cooperation expands the option...

Qatar Airways fly to Sydney as bilateral is relaxed.

A week after the Australian government granted the State of Qatar – and therefore Qatar Airways – a long-sought capacity increase, Qatar Airways has wasted no time and announced a daily Doha-Sydney service from 01-Mar-2016 on the 777-300ER. This finally places Qatar in Australia's largest city, complementing existing daily services to Melbourne and Perth....

Australia and Qatar Agree to Boost Flight Capacity

The Australian government said on Thursday it had agreed with Qatar to increase flight capacity between the two countries by 50 percent, a significant boon for both tourism and agricultural exports. The changes, effective immediately, allow for up to 21 flights per week, each way, for airlines of both countries to the major gateways of Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Airlines can also operate unli...

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