Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways was established in November 1993 and started its operations in January 1994. Qatar Airways had only two aircraft (Airbus A310s) and 75 employees until April 1995. With Airbus A310s Qatar airways were serving a route network including Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Cairo, Khartoum, Kuwait, London, Madras, Manila, Muscat, Osaka, Sharjah, Taipei, Tokyo and Trivandrum. Qatar started expanding its fleet size during 1995 and bought Two ex-All Nippon Airways Boeing 747s from Boeing. Qatar also bought Boeing 747SP from Air Mauritius in 1996.

CEO Akbar Al Baker heads Qatar Airways. And it is a state-owned flag carrier of Qatar. Having its headquarter in Qatar Airways Tower, Doha. Qatar operates a hub-and-spoke network, linking over 170 international destinations, Across five continents. It has its hub at Hamad International Airport. And it is currently using a fleet of 200 aircraft. Qatar Airways and its Qatar Group employ more than 43000 people. Qatar airways become the first Gulf Airline to sign with one of three airline alliances in 2013 and became a member of One world.

Destinations

Qatar Airways are operating from more than 170 destinations in 90 countries and continuously expanding its network worldwide.

Hong Kong, Macau, Islamabad, Luanda, Siem Reap, Dubrovnik, Santorini, Trabzon, Lyon, Nur-Sultan, Liège, Halifax, Quito, Luxembourg City, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Zaragoza, Khartoum, Basel, Mulhouse, Freiburg, Istanbul, London, Pittsburgh, Doha, Almaty, Accra, Doha, Algiers, Yerevan, Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Vienna, Baku, Sarajevo, Gaborone, Sofia, Montreal, Zagreb, Larnaca, Copenhagen, Djibouti City, Addis Ababa, Nice, Tbilisi, Berlin, Munich, Athens, Thessaloniki, Budapest, Amritsar, Goa, Kozhikode, Nagpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Denpasar, Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Basra, Baghdad, Najaf, Sulaymaniyah, Dublin, Pisa, Rome, Venice, Tokyo, Mombasa, Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, Penang, Malé, Valletta, Marrakesh, Rabat, Maputo, Windhoek, Kathmandu, Auckland, Skopje, Salalah, Sohar, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Multan, Peshawar, Angeles, Davao, Manila, Warsaw, Lisbon, Bucharest, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kigali, Belgrade, Mahé, Singapore, Mogadishu, Cape Town, Durban, Barcelona, Colombo, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Geneva, Zürich, Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Krabi, Phuket, Tunis, Adana, Ankara, Istanbul, Istanbul, İzmir, Kiev, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Boston, Houston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Da Nang, Buenos Aires, Dhaka, Brussels, São Paulo, Phnom Penh, Prague, Helsinki, Paris, Frankfurt, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Jakarta, Tehran, Erbil, Milan, Tokyo, Amman, Nairobi, Kuwait City, Beirut, Casablanca, Yangon, Amsterdam, Lagos, Oslo, Muscat, Karachi, Lahore, Sialkot, Johannesburg, Seoul, Madrid, Entebbe, London, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Osaka, Cebu, Mykonos, Málaga, Antalya, Bodrum, Toronto, Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Alexandria, Cairo, Luxor, Abha, Dammam, Gassim, Hofuf, Jeddah, Riyadh, Ta’if, Tabuk, Yanbu, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, and Sharjah.

Qatar Airways have a codeshare agreement with the following airlines and train systems:

Air Botswana, Asiana Airlines, Azerbaijan Airlines, Bangkok Airways, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China Southern Airlines, Comair, Finnair, Gol Transportes Aereos, Iberia, IndiGo, Japan Airlines, JetBlue, Lao Airlines, LATAM Airlines Group, Malaysia Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines, SUN-AIR, SNCF, Sri Lankan Airlines, and Vueling.

The airport in Delhi it operates from

Qatar Airlines operates from Terminal – 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport at Delhi. It Operates 21 flights between Delhi and Doha every week. Out of these 21 flights 7 are operated by Qatar airways and 14 are operated by IndiGo Airlines under their Codeshare agreement.

Delhi (DEL) –Doha (DOH)

Doha (DOH) – Delhi (DEL)

Qatar Airways have 13 destinations in India including New Delhi, such as:

• Ahmedabad
• Amritsar
• Bengaluru
• Delhi
• Goa
• Hyderabad
• Kochi
• Kolkata
• Kozhikode
• Mumbai
• Nagpur
• Thiruvananthapuram
• Chennai

Frequent Flyer program

Qatar Airways Privilege Club Loyalty Program (Also known as “Qmiles”)

Class of Services

Qatar Airways serves their passengers in following classes of services:

• First Class
• Business Class
• Economy Class

First Class

Passengers travelling in Qatar Airways First Class can expect a good pampering from check-In at the airport to check-out:

• 6.5 Feet’s of legroom and seats that converts into a flat bed with feather duvet makes your on-board experience a memorable one.
• The seats are equipped with massage function to relax you during your flight and refresh your body before you reach the destination.
• First class is also equipped with entertainment function for making the on board experience a fatigue less.
• First class is also equipped with entertainment function for making the on board experience a fatigue less.
• First Class in Airbus A380, exclusively offers features like 90-Inch Seat Pitch, 26-inch Television screen, seat which converts into fully flat bed. And it is layout as 1-2-1.
• Passengers can enjoy the world class cuisine during their journey with Qatar airways First class.
• Passengers can also transform their area into a workplace and work on board using high speed WIFI, Laptop power, and USB Port.

Business Class

Qatar airways have won an award in 2019 Trip Advisor Travelers’ Choice Award. And also, been recognized by 2019 Skytrax world Airline Awards. Qatar airways business class is known as World’s best Business class. :-

• Fully flat horizontal beds that converts into a comfortable recliner seat and converts back to flat bed with the 180 degree recline.
• In seat power supply, USB Port and an RCA socket for laptop connection
• Inflight entertainment options with up to 4000 movies, series, music and videos to make long haul tiring journeys short and relaxing.
• Travelling in business class with Qatar provides complete privacy to its passengers with its 1-2-1 layout in Airbus A380, Airbus A350, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 aircrafts. On other long and medium haul aircrafts Qatar provides 2-2-2 configuration layout.
• Seats providing massage function in the sky to relax your body.
• Passengers can enjoy world class cuisines on-board specially prepared by the best chef’s in the world. Or they can enjoy on demand a la carte menu whenever they like. Each seat in Business class has ample space for dining area so that travelers can enjoy their world class meal during the journey with Qatar Airways.
• In flight amenities from Italy’s Castello Monte Vibiano Vecchio, including lip balm, anti-ageing moisturizer cream and hydrating facial mist.
• To provide a sound sleep during your journey Qatar provides ultra-comfortable 100 percent cotton sleeper suits and sleepers from The White Company.

Economy

Qatar airways Economy class was awarded as best in the world in 2009 and 2010 by Skytrax Awards. Qatar airways offers many facilities to the economy class passengers like. :-

• Seat Pitch of 34 inches.
• Passengers travelling from Airbus A330 are offered individual seat-back TV screens. And Passengers of Airbus A350, A380 and Boeing 777 are offered with touch screen IEF monitors.
• Recline the seat to get the comfort of the highest width seat in the industry.
• On selected long-haul flights travelers will also get amenity kits to make themselves refreshed before they reach their destination.
• In flight meal which is specially crafted by world’s best chefs.
• Children will be engaged throughout the journey and will also be given a personal lunch box filled with healthy and tasty meals.
• Stay connected with world using in flight WIFI with Qatar Airways.

Fleet Size

Qatar Airways fleet