Qatar Airways to increase frequency on 20 routes

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Adds flights to Santorini, Greece and Dubrovnik, Croatia

Qatar Airways has confirmed plans to launch direct flights to Santorini and Dubrovnik in 2020.

Flights to Santorini, Qatar Airways’ fourth destination in Greece after Athens, Mykonos and Thessaloniki, are scheduled to begin on 20 May 2020. The flights to Dubrovnik, the airline’s second destination in Croatia after Zagreb, will start on 20 April 2020.

The seasonal flights to Santorini, Greece and Dubrovnik, Croatia will be operated by Airbus A320 aircraft featuring 12 seats in Business Class and 132 seats in Economy Class.

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said: “We are pleased to announce Santorini, Greece and Dubrovnik, Croatia will be joining our global network in 2020. We are committed to offering our passengers as many seamless one-stop connection choices as possible. With the addition of these new routes, our network will expand to 170 passenger destinations, further consolidating our position as one of the world’s most connected airlines.”

The airline will also add 66 weekly frequencies to 20 existing destinations in its network due to strong market demand and the recent deliveries of more fuel-efficient aircraft. Osaka, Japan will join the airline’s network in 2020 with five weekly flights from 6 April and expanding to daily from 23 June 2020.

The following frequency increases are planned for 2020:

Europe

Adana, Turkey will increase from three to five weekly flights

Antalya, Turkey will increase from three to five weekly flights

Athens, Greece will increase from three to four daily flights

Belgrade, Serbia will increase from seven to 10 weekly flights

Bodrum, Turkey will increase from three to five weekly flights

Edinburgh, Scotland will increase from 10 to 14 weekly flights

Oslo, Norway will increase from 10 to 14 weekly flights

Venice, Italy will increase from seven to 11 weekly flights

Warsaw, Poland will increase from 14 to 18 weekly flights

Zurich, Switzerland will increase from 14 to 18 weekly flights

Africa

Maputo, Mozambique will increase from three to five weekly flights

Windhoek, Namibia will increase from five to seven weekly flights

Three of the seven weekly flights to Kigali, Rwanda to be delinked from Entebbe, Uganda and operate direct non-stop flights to each destination.

Daily service to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania will be delinked with non-stop direct daily flights to each destination.

Asia

Colombo, Sri Lanka will increase from four to five daily flights

Dhaka, Bangladesh will increase from three to four daily flights

Penang and Langkawi, Malaysia combined service will increase from five to seven weekly flights

Qatar Airways ups frequency to Colombo

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