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A Look at the Qatar Airways Stopover Program
Given that the majority of passengers traveling on the big Middle Eastern airlines are connecting, these airlines offer stopover packages to encourage passengers to spend a few days within the country before heading to their final destinations. Qatar Airways is…
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Qatar Airways Says Goodbye to Boeing 747 Freighter
The 747 jumbo jet era is over at Qatar Airways. The company’s cargo subsidiary announced that its lone remaining Boeing 747-8 freighter finished its last flight on Friday, arriving at its base in Doha from Barcelona, Spain. Qatar Airways Cargo…
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Qatar Airways Adds Destinations to Network for Summer 2024
Qatar Airways is expanding its European network in Summer 2024 as it adds a further German city and returns to a popular Italian destination. The Doha-based airline announced this week that it would begin flights to Hamburg (HAM), Germany from…
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Qatar Airways Reports Strong First Half Performance
Qatar Airways recently announced its financial performance for the first half of the company's 2023-2024 fiscal year with better-than-expected results. The airline reported a net profit of $1 billion in the first half of the 2023-2024 fiscal year, a significant…
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Qatar Airways CEO Al Baker Resigns After 27 Years
CEO of Qatar Airways and Governing Board Chairman of the oneworld Alliance, Akbar Al Baker, is stepping down as CEO of Qatar Airways after leading the airline for 27 years since 1997, according to Reuters. Al Baker is one of…
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Qatar Airways Cargo Adds New Destinations
Qatar Airways Cargo has added Huntsville, Ala. as a new cargo destination within the U.S. in a strategic partnership with DSV Global Transportation and Logistics. The airline will operate a twice-weekly flight using Boeing 777 freighter aircraft that will originate…
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Xiamen Airlines Becomes First Chinese Carrier to Fly to Qatar
Chinese full-service carrier Xiamen Airlines is set to launch flights to Doha from both its hub in Xiamen and Beijing Daxing starting October 2023. The flights from Beijing Daxing, the smaller of the two major International airports of the Chinese…
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Qatar Airways Increases Flight Frequencies To New York
Qatar Airways has been flying high since expanding its network around the world, especially since the FIFA World Cup last December, announcing expansions of services in the U.S., and deepen its cooperations with the American carriers. Qatar Airways has now…
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Qatar Airways Reports Record Revenues
Qatar Airways has reported record revenue for the 2022-2023 fiscal year after ferrying fans to and from the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The airline also saw significant increases in capacity, yields and market share, as part of their expansion. Recently,…
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American Airlines, Qatar Airways Strategic Alliance: A Year Later
Last June, Qatar Airways and American Airlines announced a strategic partnership that allowed the latter’s passengers to book Qatar Airways flights from Doha to 16 new countries across Asia and Africa. This was then shortly followed by a new route…
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