British Airways is using the aircraft and crew of Qatar Airways on flights affected by the cabin crew strike, which started on July 1 and will last for 16 days, according to Bloomberg. Nine Qatar Airways A320-series planes are brought on British Airways short-haul routes, allowing the UK’s carrier to operate almost all flights as […]
Qatar Airways’ operations to and from its Doha hub are “running smoothly,” according to the carrier, with the vast majority of flights operating as scheduled. The news comes as the political situation in the region continues to deteriorate. The carrier has been forced to suspend all flights to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kingdom […]
Qatar Airways has released its annual report for the fiscal year 2017, revealing a 21.7 per cent year-on-year net profit increase. Net profits rose to 1.97 billion Qatari riyals ($541 million) from 1.62 billion riyals in the previous year. The results also show an annual revenue increase of 10.4 per cent, to 38.9 billion riyals. […]
Qatar Airways Cargo, the cargo carrier introduces its Climate Control Centre, a new transit facility for temperature-controlled shipments at Doha hub. London Heathrow will join the cargo carrier’s freighter network starting 3 June. Qatar Airways Cargo made several key announcements on the first day of Air Cargo Europe 2017, including plans to launch a transit […]
Qatar Airways has hosted a stand-side reveal to unveil its new Business Class experience to the world’s media and travel trade leaders at ITB Berlin. Ushering in a never-before-seen standard in Business Class travel, the customisable private suites, named QSuite, introduce a host of firsts to Premium Class travel, reshaping expectations for global business travellers. […]
Qatar Airways is set to reveal the much-anticipated evolution to its multiple award-winning Business Class product at this year’s ITB Berlin exhibition. The airline will unveil a brand new Business Class seat in a world exclusive ceremony to be held on the opening day of the exhibition, March 8th, 2017, followed by a press conference […]
Qatar Airways has leased the first of four A350 aircraft from LATAM, the South American airline, for terms of six-to-12 months, in order to meet its operational plan for the year, as well as increasing customer demand. The first of four A350 aircraft in LATAM livery and with LATAM seating configuration will begin revenue service […]
Qatar Airways moves to AeroDocs automated web-based documentation management system across entire airline group. Airline introduces fully-integrated web-based hosting of policies and manuals for real-time access and authoring. Qatar Airways and subsidiary companies all using live web documentation management. The Qatar Airways Group has gone ‘live’ with a state-of-the-art documentation management system to enable the […]
Qatar Airways’ first daily regularly-scheduled Airbus A350 service to London Heathrow arrived in the United Kingdom on Sunday 30 October, as the airline introduced the state-of-the-art aircraft on the route, complementing the existing ‘best of fleet’ on its six daily flights from Hamad International Airport. The Qatar Airways Airbus A350 represents the pinnacle of modern […]
Boeing and Qatar Airways announced an order for 30 B787-9 Dreamliners and 10 B777-300ERs, valued at $11.7 billion (€10.47 billion) at list price. The airline also signed a Letter of Intent for up to 60 737 MAX 8s, valued at $6.9 billion (€6.17 billion) at list prices. The announcement builds on Qatar Airways’ current fleet […]
