Qatar Airways announces new route schedule
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Qatar Airways has announced the launch dates for flights into Myanmar and Iraq. The airline also announced capacity hikes to a number of other international destinations from the carrier’s Doha hub.
Scheduled flights to Iraq will begin on May 23rd with Erbil in the north, followed two weeks later by services to the capital Baghdad on June 7th. Each route will be served with four-flights-a-week non-stop from Doha.
Effective July 25th, the airline will launch flights to Kilimanjaro, its second gateway in Tanzania – This daily service will operate via Nairobi. On August 15th, Qatar Airways introduces its third African destination of 2012 with the launch of flights to Mombasa – its second point in Kenya after the capital Nairobi.
October 3rd, sees the airline resume operations to Myanmar following a four-year absence on the route, linking Doha with the capital Yangon. Starting May 9th, daily flights will be introduced to the Croatian capital Zagreb, operating via Budapest. Further route launches are planned to Belgrade in Serbia, the Finnish capital Helsinki and Zanzibar in Tanzania.
In line with the airline’s strategy to increase frequency on existing routes to offer passengers more choice, Qatar Airways is also stepping up capacity to selected destinations in phases.