Qatar Airways to start daily flights to Phuket
Qatar Airways is on a big expansion drive.
Qatar Airways is planning to launch daily flights to Phuket from October 11, one of six destinations it says are “underserved” from the Middle East.
The others are Budapest, Bucharest, Brussels, Nice and Hanoi. The Phuket flights will come in via Kuala Lumpur. The Hanoi route will go four times a week via Bangkok.
The six markets, said Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer, Akbar Al Baker, are “excellent opportunities for us to tap into. We spend a lot of time diligently analysing new route opportunities and I am pleased to say that [these routes] will not only open up new markets, but also strengthen our network strategy over our Doha hub.”
The airline is on an expansion drive that it hopes will see it serving 120 destinations worldwide by 2013, using a fleet of 120 aircraft, including five double-deck Airbus A380 ‘super jumbos’, which are currently on order.
