CEO Akbar Al Baker introduced this in Berlin on Tuesday on the primary day of the ITB Berlin 2023 tourism truthful.
The brand new locations embody Chittagong (Bangladesh), Juba (South Sudan), Kinshasa (Congo), Trabzon (Turkey), Medan (Indonesia) and Lyon and Toulouse. Qatar Airways will return to Beijing, Tokyo Haneda and Osaka, Buenos Aires, Phnom Penh, Casablanca, Marrakesh, Davao, Ras Al Khaimah, Birmingham and Good. Medan and Chittagong is not going to observe till 2024. Amsterdam is lacking from the listing of additional frequencies, however since December Qatar has already expanded the variety of flights to 10 per week. London Heathrow goes from 42 to 45 occasions every week.
For a variety of new locations, the beginning date has but to be confirmed. “The explanation we’re cautious about mentioning dates is that it is dependent upon the supply of Airbus and Boeing plane. Sadly that’s past their management, each are dealing with the identical provide points, which I concern will proceed for a while to come back,” stated Al Baker. Qatar Airways settled its dispute with Airbus earlier this 12 months and is now ready for the supply of 4 A350-1000s, which it beforehand refused to buy. Airbus can even ship 50 A321neos, however it’s nonetheless unclear when the primary will arrive. The identical applies to the 25 Boeing MAX 10s that Qatar ordered final 12 months.
Win win state of affairs
Al Baker didn’t wish to remark an excessive amount of on the settlement with Airbus throughout the press convention: “We aren’t speaking about airplanes right here, however about tourism. However the pleasant settlement is a win-win state of affairs for each of us. I look ahead to our sturdy partnership with Airbus and we glance to the longer term collectively.”
Al Baker stated Qatar Airways is totally dedicated to the German market. Munich and Berlin are served 14 occasions every week, the capital from July. Based on the CEO, there may be room out there to fly to Berlin extra typically and he wish to fill that hole. Frankfurt is on the timetable 21 occasions. Düsseldorf will likely be expanded to 11 flights per week from November. The German market included about 250,000 passengers final 12 months. On Monday, in its so-called ‘Politik-Transient’, Lufthansa lashed out on the unbridled progress that Qatar is being provided in Europe due to the brand new aviation treaty between the EU and the Gulf state.