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Qatar Airways is to launch a fifth daily flight
between Doha and London Heathrow from the start of the Northern
Summer schedules on 25 March next year.
The additional service
takes capacity up from 28 to 35 flights each week. Flight times
have been scheduled to offer more convenient connections over its
Doha hub to and from the carrier’s route network across Asia
Pacific.
Flight QR075 departs Doha at 06:35 every day,
arriving into London Heathrow at 12:00 local time. The return
flight QR076 leaves London Heathrow at 16:00, arriving into
Doha at 00:50 local time the following day.
Qatar
Airways’ flagship Boeing 777 long-haul aircraft will be deployed
on the new service with a capacity of 42 seats in Business Class
featuring lie-flat beds, and 217 seats in Economy.
Qatar
Airways Chief Executive Officer,
Akbar Al Baker, said the additional
capacity reflected the growing importance of London to the airline’s international operations, and would also help meet demand
for the Olympics taking place in the British capital next summer.
“London has been one of our best-performing routes and it was only
a matter of time before we could look at increasing frequency to meet the high demand, enabling our loyal customers and those
travelling with us for the first time, to take full advantage of
the high levels of service we provide,” Mr. Al Baker said. “With the global
spotlight also turning on London for next summer’s Olympics, we
look forward to facilitating travel for sports lovers to what
promises to be a great spectacle ... This increased capacity will
provide greater connectivity for our passengers to and from
Heathrow across key business and leisure destinations, including
Bali, Bangkok, Delhi, Islamabad, Maldives, Melbourne, and
launching summer of next year, Perth.”
Qatar
Airways currently operates scheduled flights to 110 destinations
across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America with a modern fleet of 102 aircraft.
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