Qatar Airways

The latest news and airline schedule changes as carriers across the world react to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across the Middle East and Africa are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We profile Qatar Airways, the oneworld member and a Routes Asia 2020 attendee.

As COVID-19 coronavirus spreads globally, the number of international departure seats from China is set to drop by more than 5.5 million in March 2020 as airlines across the world continue suspending service.

The oneworld members have reconciled after years of acrimony.

American Airlines (AA) and Qatar Airways have reached a rapprochement following their long-standing dispute over alleged government subsidies to the Gulf carrier.

Bulgaria Air passengers will be able to connect to Qatar Airways’ 170 destinations via the Sofia-Doha route.

Qatar Airways has increased its shareholding in International Airlines Group (IAG) from 21.4% to 25.1%, in a transaction worth around $600 million.

Qatar Airways-backed carrier Air Italy has suspended operations and is entering liquidation following an emergency shareholders meeting.

Qatar Airways is set to take a 49% stake in RwandAir, the national carrier of the central African nation of Rwanda, Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker announced Feb. 5.

Penang will become Emirates’ second destination in Malaysia when the Gulf carrier launches one of its shortest fifth freedom routes to the city.

Qatar Airways will launch eight destinations in 2020, as well as expand its codeshare agreement with Malaysia Airlines.

Qatar Airways is launching routes to eight new destinations, three of which have hosted Routes events in the past 18 months.

Qatar Airways will launch its first passenger services to Kazakhstan in March, less than five months after the Central Asian country introduced an open skies policy at 11 airports to help open new international routes.

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Qatar Airways is targeting additional destinations in Australia but remains constrained on traffic rights.

Qatar Airways has signed a one-way codeshare agreement with low-cost carrier IndiGo designed to provide feed from the fast-growing Indian market to the Oneworld member’s network, as well offering more seats to India.

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We profile Qatar Airways, the Oneworld alliance member and attendee at Routes Africa 2019.

Senior network planners will discuss new route opportunities at the longest-standing and most established route development forum dedicated to the African region.

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