Qatar Airways Announces Three New Routes

To Launch Flights To Alexandria, Mashad And Nairobi

Qatar Airways has announced its route expansion programme over the next few months with three destinations joining the airline's growing global network from its hub in Doha. The holy city of Mashad in Iran and the Egyptian tourist centre of Alexandria will be added to the network thjis month, followed four months later by the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in October.

With scheduled flights to Tunis and Algiers launched earlier in May, Qatar Airways increased its tally of destinations to 62 worldwide with a fleet of 40 modern all-Airbus aircraft. The airline has been busy preparing for its 63rd route, when the Greek capital Athens comes on line this month. The route expansion was announced by Qatar Airways chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker. "The business is there, the market is there, demand is there - and we operate routes to serve the growing needs of our passengers. Our new routes will be ideal for pilgrims, vacationers and business travellers from the region and, indeed around the world, who can feed into our flights in and out of Doha," said Al Baker.

The airline is also increasing capacity in key markets this summer and the coming winter. Al Baker revealed that the airline took delivery of its 40th aircraft, a brand new Airbus A330-300 featuring state-of-the-art interiors with one of the best Business and First Class cabins in the sky.