December 11 marked a milestone for global connectivity, with the launch of Iberia’s direct flights to Doha, Qatar. The flight, IB6701, took off from Madrid Barajas Airport (MAD) at 08:30 with 270 passengers on board, and landed at the hub of Qatar Airways, Hamad International Airport (DOH), at 17:35.
TUS Airways, a leading Cypriot airline, has made history by operating the very first flight between Israel and Qatar on November 21, after receiving the first official approval of its kind by both the Israeli and Qatari governments, carrying football supporters to the 2022 FIFA World Cup event being held in the Arabian Peninsula.
Hamad International Airport (HIA) has opened the Oryx Garden Hotel, the second airport hotel within its award-winning terminal.
As an extension of the strengthening of cooperation between Algeria and Qatar, the National Airline, Air Algérie, announced the launch of its new direct route between Algiers and Doha at the rate of two flights per week every Thursday and Saturday. It will be the 45th International route for Air Algerie.
Sabre Corporation, a leading software and technology company powering the global travel industry, has successfully integrated IATA New Distribution Capability (NDC) content from Qatar Airways (QR) to its global distribution system (GDS). After a pilot phase with agency customers in Australia and Sweden, the offers of Qatar’s flag carrier will now be rolled out successively to travel agencies across the globe starting on July 07.
Qatar Airways boosts its growing network with increased flight frequencies from Sharjah to Doha, which commenced on June 15.
