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Qatar Airways to add 12 destinations in 2018, launches Inmarsat connectivity
May 5th 2017
Qatar Airways will launch 12 destinations in 2018, Qatar Airways Group CEO, Akbar Al Baker, announced at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai. Read More »
The new destinations will be San Francisco, Cardiff, U-Tapao, Chittagong, Mykonos, Málaga, Accra, Lisbon, Abidjan, Prague, Kiev and Mombasa. This is on top of the 14 destinations the carrier had previously announced, including Nice, Chiang Mai, Dublin and Skopje.
On a related note, the airline was to launch a four-weekly Doha-Las Vegas B777-200LR service on January 8, 2018, but reservations for this route have been closed.
Separately, the oneworld member has launched high-speed broadband connectivity in partnership with Inmarsat (GX Aviation), enabling both premium and economy passengers to stream content and browse the Internet with the same speed and efficiency as they can on the ground. Initially available on the airline’s A350 and the B777 fleets, Inmarsat’s ‘GX Aviation’ offers seamless connectivity through its proprietary Global Xpress Ka-band satellite network.
Qatar Airways has a fleet of 195 aircraft. Its order books are full: 30 B787-9s, 50 B777-9Xs, 10 B777-300ERs, 37 A350-1000s, 3 A380s, 26 A350-900s and 46 A320neo Family aircraft. It also has signed a Letter of Intent for up to 60 B737 MAXs.
