South African-born Hendrik Du Preez talks about the potential for Qatar Airways in Africa. Thanks to the end of the blockade, many more opportunities are possible.
JetBlue Airways and Qatar Airways announced plans to expand their existing codeshare partnership, offering customers more connecting options on flights between the U.S., Africa and Asia.
Qatar Airways is preparing the next stage of its development for post-COVID flying by operating a special flight carrying only vaccinated crew and passengers on board.
Qatar Airways Cargo wants to speed up the digitalization of air cargo in 2021, saying that the industry has taken too long to improve its way of doing business.
Gulf carriers Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways aim to reroute more passengers from Africa via their respective hubs in Dubai (DXB) and Doha (DOH) once the COVID-19 pandemic eases.
The Qatar-UAE flights will be the first scheduled nonstop routes since mid-2017. Additionally, Qatar’s flag-carrier has signed an expanded codeshare deal with Iberia.
The national carriers of Qatar and Saudi Arabia are adding back scheduled routes between the countries, less than a week after a deal was reached to end a diplomatic dispute spanning more than three years.
The Qatar Airways flight QR1365 that took off from Doha (DOH) on Jan. 7 at 8:45 p.m. bound for Johannesburg (JNB) marked a new chapter for the Oneworld alliance member.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to restore ties with Qatar, ending a blockade that has been in place for more than three years.
The restoration of diplomatic relations between Qatar and four Arab states looks set to have big implications for oneworld alliance member Qatar Airways.
The blockade imposed on the State of Qatar and consequently its flag-carrier Qatar Airways by neighbors including Saudi Arabia and the UAE has been lifted.