Qatar Airways has revealed seven new destinations, 11 destinations that it will resume its flights to and 35 routes which will see frequency increase. The airline is participating at ITB Berlin 2023 and the announcement was made on the first day of the event.
Seven new destinations
Qatar Airways will launch flights to the following seven destinations in 2023:
- Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Juba, South Sudan
- Kinshaha, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lyon, France
- Medan, Indonesia
- Toulouse, France
- Trabzon, Türkiye
The exact launch dates of these routes have not been revealed yet but the airline states that they will be live in the Qatar Airways’ network in this year.
Resuming flights to 11 cities
The Doha-based carrier will resume flights to 11 destinations across the world. These are:
- Beijing Daxing, China: daily from 27th March 2023 using Boeing B777s
- Birmingham, England: daily from 10th July 2023 using Boeing B787-8s
- Buenos Aires, Argentina: daily from 8th December 2023 using Boeing B777s (flight is a continuation of São Paulo flight but no need to get down from aircraft in São Paulo if continuing onto Buenos Aires)
- Casablanca, Morocco: daily from 11th September 2023 using Boeing B777s
- Davao, Philippines: 4-weekly from 1st April 2023 using Boeing B787-8s (flight is a continuation of Cebu flight but no need to get down from aircraft in Cebu if continuing onto Davao)
- Marrakesh, Morocco: launch date not yet confirmed
- Nice, France: 3-weekly flights from 9th May 2023 using Boeing B787-8s
- Osaka, Japan: daily from 1st March 2024 using Airbus A350-900s
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia: starting 29th October 2023, frequency not yet confirmed
- Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: starting 1st November 2023, frequency not yet confirmed
- Tokyo Haneda, Japan: daily from 1st June 2023 using Airbus A350-900s
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35 routes see frequency increase
The following routes will see frequency increase sometime this year:
- Abuja – Port Harcourt: increased from two weekly flights to three
- Abuja – Kano: increased from three weekly flights to four
- Athens: increased from seven weekly flights to 14
- Belgrade: increased from five weekly flights to seven
- Berlin: increased from 11 weekly flights to 14
- Bucharest: increased from 10 weekly flights to 14
- Cairo: increased from 21 weekly flights to 28
- Copenhagen: increased from four weekly flights to seven, and 10 from winter season 2023/24 (Finnair also operates 7 weekly flights, totalling 17 weekly in Copenhagen)
- Denpasar: increased from 14 weekly flights to 21
- Dublin: increased from 12 weekly flights to 14
- Düsseldorf: increased from seven weekly flights to 11 for winter season 2023/24
- Edinburgh: increased from 10 weekly flights to 14
- Hanoi: increased from 10 weekly flights to 12
- Hong Kong: increased from 11 weekly flights to 14
- Khartoum: increased from seven weekly flights to 14
- Larnaca: increased from seven weekly flights to 14
- London Gatwick: increased from seven weekly flights to 10 (14-weekly flights for peak summer season)
- London Heathrow: increased from 42 weekly flights to 45
- Madrid: increased from 16 weekly flights to 18
- Manila: increased from 17 weekly flights to 18
- Milan: increased from 16 weekly flights to 21
- Mogadishu: increased from three weekly flights to four
- Nagpur: increased from four weekly flights to seven
- Oslo: increased from seven weekly flights to 12 for winter season 2023/24
- Phuket: increased from 14 weekly flights to 21 for winter season 2023/24
- Saigon: increased from 10 weekly flights to 12
- Sarajevo: increased from three weekly flights to four for summer season 2023
- Sofia: increased from three weekly flights to four weekly flights in summer and five weekly flights in winter season 2023/24
- Stockholm: increased from three weekly flights to five for winter season 2023/24 (Finnair also operates 7 weekly flights, totalling 12 weekly in Stockholm)
- Taif: increased from three weekly flights to seven
- Vienna: increased from 10 weekly flights to 14
- Warsaw: increased from seven weekly flights to 14 from winter season 2023/24
- Yerevan: increased from seven weekly flights to 10
- Zagreb: increased from four weekly flights to seven
- Zurich:!increased from 10 weekly flights to 14
Qatar Airways is dedicated to enrich the global community which it serves. As the World’s Best Airline, we are excited to offer more ways of bringing the world together, increasing connectivity and bridging gaps within the travel industry. As we expand our fleet, network, partnerships and international presence we look forward to working together to deliver sustainable growth and a compelling future for the industry. We continue to look forward to our bright future here in Qatar, with multiple projects lined up for 2023 and beyond, such as the Formula 1 partnership and much more. Qatar will continue to be a global hub of connectivity and an ideal destination for tourism, long after the great success of the historic FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.
said Mr. Akbar Al Baker, Group Chief Executive, Qatar Airways.
Qatar Airways has added 665-weekly flights in summer schedule 2023 as compared to that of 2022.
Featured image by Qatar Airways
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