Qatar Airways to Resume Flights to Phnom Penh and 10 Other Destinations; Launch 7 New Routes

(08/03/23)  Qatar Airways has unveiled plans to expand its network by increasing frequency to select destinations, resuming more routes and launching flights to new destinations.

The airline plans to launch flights to the following seven new destinations in 2023: Chittagong, Juba, Kinshasa, Lyon, Medan, Toulouse and Trabzon.

The national carrier will also resume flights to the following 11 destinations: Beijing, Birmingham, Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Davao, Marrakesh, Nice, Osaka, Phnom Penh, Ras Al-Khaimah and Tokyo Haneda.

Qatar Airways A350-900 reg: A7-ALO. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

Multiple destinations in QR's network also have frequency increases scheduled for the year.

“As we expand our fleet, network, partnerships and international presence we look forward to working together to deliver sustainable growth and a compelling future for the industry,” said Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive. “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.”

The following destinations are slated to receive an increase in flight frequency during 2023:

· Abuja – Port Harcourt – increased from two flights per week to thrice weekly;

· Abuja – Kano – increased from thrice weekly to four flights per week;

· Athens – increased from seven weekly flights to fourteen;

· Belgrade – increased from five weekly flights to seven;

· Berlin – increased from eleven flights per week to fourteen;

· Bucharest – increased from ten weekly flights to fourteen;

· Cairo – increased from twenty one flights per week to twenty eight;

· Copenhagen – increased from four weekly flights to seven, and ten from the 2023/24 winter season. Finnair also operates 7 weekly flights, totalling 17 per week to 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 – increased 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 thrice weekly flights to four per week;

· 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 thrice weekly flights to four for summer season 2023;

· Sofia – increased from thrice weekly flights to four per week in summer and five weekly flights in winter season 2023/24;

· Stockholm – increased from thrice weekly flights to five for winter season 2023/24. Finnair also operates 7 weekly flights, totalling 12 weekly in Stockholm;

· Taif – increased from thrice 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; and

· Zurich – increased from 10 weekly flights to 14.

Based at Hamad International Airport (HIA) in Doha, Qatar Airways currently flies to more than 150 destinations worldwide.

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