Qatar Airways and Lufthansa extend codeshare agreement

Qatar Airways and Lufthansa have extended a codeshare agreement between the two airlines to offer Lufthansa customers direct routes from Germany to Qatar and Qatar Airways customers daily access to Switzerland.

Qatar Airways' Chief Executive Officer Mr Akbar Al Baker announced that a new extended agreement between the two airlines - which came into effect on March 1 - will mean:

· Lufthansa will codeshare on Qatar Airways' Munich-Doha and Frankfurt-Doha flights.

· Qatar Airways will codeshare on Lufthansa flights between Munich-Geneva and Frankfurt-Geneva.

· Qatar Airways will codeshare on Lufthansa flights between Frankfurt-Zurich.

The new agreement extends a present and long-standing agreement for Qatar Airways codesharing on Lufthansa flights between Munich and Zurich. 

"It gives me great pleasure to announce this new extended codeshare agreement which will deliver real benefits to passengers of both Lufthansa and Qatar Airways," said Mr Al Baker.

Qatar Airways presently has codeshare agreements with Lufthansa, Alitalia, Malaysian, Philippine Airlines, Garuda and Biman.