Qatar Airways to expand services to India

Following the recent successful round of air service bilateral discussions between the governments of Qatar and India, Qatar Airways is to expand its services to India from next month by launching flights to New Delhi and increasing capacity on existing services.

The bilaterals concluded with Qatar Airways being allowed to almost double the number of weekly seats which it can offer between Qatar and India.

Qatar Airways currently operates 19 scheduled flights a week between Doha, the airline’s operational hub in the State of Qatar, spread across four Indian destinations – Cochin, Trivandrum, Hyderabad and Mumbai. 

This summer, the airline will increase capacity to India with 11 additional flights a week taking the number of services to 30 across five Indian cities.

From 14 July 2005, Qatar Airways will add the capital, New Delhi, to its Indian route map with seven services a week.

The route will initially be operated with an Airbus A320 in a two-class configuration of 12 seats in Business and 132 in Economy.

The Delhi route will later be upgraded to a widebody Airbus A330 in a three-class configuration of First Class, Business and Economy, featuring Qatar Airways’ interactive Audio Video On Demand inflight entertainment system and premium cabin seats that convert into flat beds.

Qatar Airways is also expanding capacity on existing routes to India. From July 15, the Mumbai route will increase from six services a week to daily with the introduction of a new Friday night flight from Doha.

Cochin, currently served three-times-a-week, will be boosted with two additional weekly departures, on Mondays and Wednesdays from Doha, beginning on July 18. Three days later, on July 21, a fourth weekly frequency will be added to the Hyderabad schedules with the launch of an early morning Thursday flight.

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said that Qatar Airways would further increase capacity to India to fulfill its permitted quota of services as new aircraft are introduced into the fleet.

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