Qatar Airways has announced it will add seven new destinations to its existing destinations this year. According to the airline, this move is part of its expansion plan for 2023. The carrier made this known at the 2023 ITB Berlin.
Qatar Airways New Destinations Unveiled
The airline’s CEO, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, unveiled the new destinations on Tuesday, March 7th, during an opening remark at the 2023 ITB Berlin held at Messe Berlin, Germany. Mr. Al Baker revealed the latest destinations to be launched in 2023 as Chittagong, Juba, Kinshasa, Lyon, Medan, Toulouse, and Trabzon.
“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™.”
He also announced that the airline would be relaunching flights to 11 locations, increasing frequency in 35 routes. The 11 locations include Beijing, Birmingham, Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Davao, Marrakesh, Nice, Osaka, Phnom Penh, Ras Al-Khaimah, and Tokyo Haneda.
List of 35 Frequency-Increased Routes
Qatar Airways has also revealed that it will be increasing frequency to 35 routes globally, and here is the list of the destinations involved.
- 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 ten from winter season 2023/24. Finnair also operates seven 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 – grew 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 the summer season of 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 the winter season 2023/24. Finnair also operates seven 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 currently covers 150 destinations worldwide, but with the new announcement, it will be doing 174 destinations globally by March 2024.
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