Qatar Airways Announces 4th daily non-stop flight between Doha and London Heathrow

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Qatar Airways announced the introduction of a fourth daily non-stop flight between Doha and London Heathrow taking the airline’s capacity between Qatar and the UK up to 42 services a week. Effective March 30, the new service departs Doha every day at 1635hrs, arriving at London Heathrow at 2200 hrs. The return flight departs London Heathrow at 0755 hrs, returning to Doha at 1650 hrs. The flight will be operated with an Airbus A330 aircraft in a three-class configuration of up to 12 seats in First, 24 in Business and 223 in Economy.

Qatar Airways currently operates three flights a day to London Heathrow, and daily to both London Gatwick and Manchester with a total capacity of 35 weekly services. The UK expansion announcement coincided with the Business Travel Show taking place in London this week where Qatar Airways is participating with a dedicated exhibition stand.

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said London Heathrow had been the airline’s flagship route for many years, and stressed the importance of serving the British capital with more frequencies to give travellers more choice.

“We are delighted to be adding capacity on what is an extremely popular route with both business and leisure travellers,” he said.

“By launching a new early evening flight to London Heathrow from the start of the summer schedules, business travellers can spend a whole working day in Qatar before catching their flight. Passengers from London can take advantage of our first morning departure from London Heathrow and connect onto a choice of many flights to exciting destinations in Doha.”

Qatar Airways currently operates a modern fleet of 60 Airbus and Boeing aircraft to 81 destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Far East and North America from Doha, the airline’s hub and capital of the State of Qatar.

With a growing international network, more travellers will have an opportunity to use Qatar Airways’ world first Premium Terminal at Doha International Airport. Features such as a spa, jacuzzi, duty free, business centre and fine-dining restaurants are exclusively available for departing and transiting First and Business Class passengers flying Qatar Airways.

Qatar Airways enters 2008 in buoyant mood with a further expansion of routes, including non-stop flights from Doha to the southern China industrial city of Guangzhou, beginning March 31.

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