American introduced flights between Philadelphia and Doha on Saturday 28 October. The 10,940-kilometre service will be maintained daily with the 787-9 aircraft. American replaces its fellow oneworld alliance member Qatar Airways on the route, which discontinued flights between the two cities on the same day. As a result, the US carrier faces no competition. Furthermore, […]
October 31, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Abu Dhabi is one of more than 30 Middle East airports to have Europe flights in Q4 2023 (October-December). According to Cirium schedules information, it has 965,000 available seats. With about one in 14 Europe seats, it ranks fourth of all Middle East airports. Never has the UAE capital had so much Europe capacity, up […]
October 10, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Qatar Airways inaugurated flights between Doha and Toulouse on Tuesday 18 July, marking the airline’s latest efforts to expand its network in France. The 4,955-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, with the 260-seat A330-300 aircraft. The oneworld member faces no competition on the route. Flight QR47 departs Doha at 08:25 […]
July 25, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Qatar Airways has 1,880 departing passenger flights each week from its Doha hub in August, based on Cirium schedules information. Some 522 are to Europe, making it the airline’s second-largest region behind Asia-Pacific. Europe accounts for just over one in four flights (27.8%), down by almost nine percentage points versus August 2019. Europe remains by […]
July 12, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Qatar Airways launched seasonal operations between Doha and Trabzon on Friday 16 June. The 2,060-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with flights to operate until 22 August using the A320 aircraft. The airline will compete directly against Pegasus Airlines’ 2-weekly seasonal service between the two cities. Qatar Airways initially planned […]
June 22, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Qatar Airways launched its first new European route of 2022 when it added non-stop service from Doha to Santorini in Greece on 7 June. There will be 3-weekly flights on the 2,775-kilometre route which is not operated by any other carrier. The route will be flown utilising the airline’s two-class, 144-seat A320s. It becomes the […]
June 16, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Qatar Airways launched its latest new route on Thursday 9 December from Doha to Odessa in Ukraine. The 3,000-kilometre route will be served 3-weekly (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) using the airline’s 132-seat A320s and faces no direct competition. This becomes the airline’s second route to Ukraine as it already serves Kiev KBP with 2-daily flights. […]
December 10, 2021 | Latest Route News +
For many years now, the Middle East big three (MEB3) carriers (Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways) have connected many cities in Europe with their home hubs (of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha respectively), providing a convenient way to travel to Asia, Australasia and Africa. With virtually no domestic markets to support them, all three […]