Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways finalized an order for five Boeing 777 freighters at a ceremony in held at the White House in Washington, D.C. President Trump was on hand to witness the parties sign the agreement. with both Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar and Akbar Al Baker, CEO of the Qatar Airways […]

In a development that is likely to stir some controversy in the U.S. airline business, Italian carrier Air Italy signed a Special Prorate Agreement with Seattle-based Alaska Airlines adding ten more destinations in the United States to its network. These new destinations include Portland, Oregon, San Diego and Seattle and will be served with code […]

Just over a month ago, India’s Jet Airways ceased all flights after running out of the funds necessary to continue operating. That shutdown had effects across the airline’s route network. While that network did include destinations as far as North America and various others across Europe, a seemingly disproportionate amount of the airline’s traffic was […]

The lingering debate fostered by major U.S. carriers complaining about “unfair competition” on behalf of airlines from the Middle East has seen a major flare in the last few days due to some back-and-forth between the CEOs of airlines involved in the dispute. On Tuesday, American CEO Doug Parker, Delta CEO Ed Bastian and United […]

Air Italy has landed on the West Coast, bringing Italian style to Los Angeles from Milan and providing the only nonstop link between the two cities. The inaugural flight from Milan’s Malpensa Airport arrived at Los Angeles International Airport late Wednesday afternoon marking the very first West Coast flight for the one-year-old reinvented airline. The […]

Last week, an A350-900 was ferried from Airbus’ facilities in Toulouse, France to Qatar Airways’ home in Doha, representing the 250th aircraft to be delivered to the Qatari flag carrier. Just a few planes down, All Nippon Airways was receiving its first Airbus A380 from Airbus. Qatar CEO Akbar Al Baker commemorated the event, which […]

Qatar Airways has announced that its top North American destination will be receiving yet another service upgrade as New York will be the recipient of second daily Airbus A350-1000 XWB service. The changeover will take place March 31, the beginning of the summer season for the International Air Transport Association, just months after New York […]

Qatar Airways is expanding its Airbus A350-1000 operation, sending its newest aircraft to Dallas for the summer 2019 season, according to Routes Online. Slated to join the route on July 1, 2019, the aircraft will serve Dallas until Oct. 26, 2019, the end of the summer season as specified by the International Air Transport Association. […]

Qatar Airways celebrated an anniversary this past November, marking 10-years of the airline serving New York City via John F. Kennedy International Airport. Celebrating the important milestone in style, Qatar held a private gala on Thursday at New York City’s Cipriani featuring performer Alicia Keys. The airline has strong reason to celebrate as the route […]

Qatar Airways’ brainchild, Italian carrier Air Italy announced it had signed a codeshare agreement with South American oneworld alliance member LATAM Airlines. The new agreement involves a codeshare in LATAM’s two daily flights between Brazil and Italy. Passengers to and from flights JJ8110 from Sao Paulo Guarulhos to Rome and LA8062 from Sao Paulo to Milan […]