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Al Baker (right) addressing the media.

Qatar Airways looks to expand in Italy

DOHA, November 7, 2016

Qatar Airways will keep investing in new routes and increased services to Italy as the country is an incredibly important destination for the airline, said Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker.

Al Baker, addressing a press conference during his recent visit to Tuscany to celebrating the launch of the airline’s flights to Pisa, said once the runway extension at Florence Airport is complete, the airline is intending to start a service to the historic city.

"We are also committed to upgrading the aircraft type currently flying to Pisa from an A320 to a wide body model as soon as we receive more aircraft in our fleet,” he said. The Pisa service was launched in August 2016.

Giving an update on the status of Qatar Airways’ negotiations with Meridiana Fly for a 49 per cent stake in the Italian airline, Al Baker said: “We are hoping to have our discussions concluded by the end of January. During this period Meridiana Fly also has to deliver certain conditions and achieve certain targets in its performance. We want Meridiana Fly to be a very strong national carrier with a robust international network, creating jobs for the young people of Italy.”

The award-winning airline is flying the Airbus A320 daily to Pisa, the airline’s fourth Italian destination, and has been flying to Milan since 2002, Rome since 2003, and Venice since 2011.

The airline now offers six daily frequencies to Italy: two to Milan and Rome and one each to Venice and Pisa.
The new daily flight to Pisa has increased the airline’s weekly flights from Doha to Italy from 35 to 42.

The new gateway connects travellers from Tuscany to the Qatar Airways network, through its state-of-the-art hub in Doha, to more than 150 business and leisure destinations including Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. - TradeArabia News Service




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