Qatar Airways kick-starts the new year with the announcement of new destinations for 2020. Qatar Airways unveiled 08 new destinations during the opening of Kuwait Aviation Show on 15th January 2020. With the additional destinations, the airline’s operations will expand to 177 destinations across the globe.
The Group Chief Executive of Qatar Airways, Mr. Akbar Al Baker said: “Eight new destinations will be joining our network this year in addition to the recently announced gateways of Santorini, Greece; Dubrovnik, Croatia; and Oasaka, Japan. With these new routes, our operations will expand to 177 destinations around the world, reinforcing our position as one of the world’s most connected airlines. This ensures we can provide our passengers more options and flexibility when planning their business and leisure travel.”
The new destinations are:
- Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan starting on 20th March 2020 with two weekly flights.
- Almaty, Kazakhstan starting on 1st April 2020 with two weekly flights and increasing to four weekly flights from 25th May 2020 onwards.
- Cebu, Philippines starting on 8th April 2020 with three weekly flights.
- Accra, Ghana starting on 15th April 2020 with daily flights.
- Trabzon, Turkey starting on 20th May 2020 with five weekly flights.
- Lyon, France starting on 23rd June 2020 with five weekly flights.
- Luanda, Angola starting on 14th October 2020 with four weekly flights.
- Siem Reap, Cambodia starting on 16th November 2020 with five weekly flights.
The multi award-winning airline was named the ‘World’s Best Airline’ by the 2019 World Airline Awards, managed by Skytrax. Furthermore, it is also the only airline to have been awarded the ‘Skytrax Airline of the Year’ title five times, which is recognized as the pinnacle of excellence in the airline industry.
