Category: Qatar Travel News
Qatar travel & tourism news for travelers and travel professionals. Qatar is a peninsular Arab country whose terrain comprises arid desert and a long Persian (Arab) Gulf shoreline of beaches and dunes. Also on the coast is the capital, Doha, known for its futuristic skyscrapers and other ultramodern architecture inspired by ancient Islamic design, such as the limestone Museum of Islamic Art. The museum sits on the city’s Corniche waterfront promenade.
Qatar Airways earns APEX Health Safety Diamond Standard status
Harry S. Johnson- January 12, 2021Qatar Airways has achieved the Airline Passenger Experience Association’s latest safety benchmark following assessment of the airline’s COVID-19 hygiene and ... Read More
Qatar Airways resumes flights to Riyadh
Harry S. Johnson- January 11, 2021Qatar Airways will operate a daily service to Riyadh on wide-body aircraft including the Airbus A350, Boeing 777-300 and Boeing ... Read More
Saudi Arabia and Qatar end dispute, reopen borders
Harry S. Johnson- January 5, 2021Qatar is no longer isolated in the Gulf Region. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait opened up ... Read More
Qatar Airways and LATAM expand South America networks
Harry S. Johnson- January 4, 2021Qatar Airways teams up with LATAM on flights from Doha to South America|Qatar Airways accept bookings on Brazil based LATAM ... Read More
Qatar Airways: One of most challenging years in aviation history
Harry S. Johnson- December 29, 2020At the close of an extraordinary year and one of the most challenging in the history of aviation, Qatar Airways ... Read More
Qatar Airways expands codeshare agreement with Oman Air
Harry S. Johnson- December 28, 2020Qatar Airways continues to expand its portfolio of strong, globally strategic partnerships by signing an expanded codeshare agreement with Oman ... Read More
Qatar Airways announces daily flights to Montreal
Harry S. Johnson- December 23, 2020Qatar Airways is pleased to announce it will begin incrementally increasing flights to Montréal from 16 January 2021 and operate ... Read More
Qatar Airways: Full year of flexibility in 2021
Harry S. Johnson- December 22, 2020Qatar Airways has announced that it will offer passengers unlimited date changes and fee-free refunds for all tickets issued before ... Read More
Qatar Airways surprises and delights passengers this Holiday Season
Harry S. Johnson- December 17, 2020Qatar Airways is delighted to welcome this festive season by creating special moments that will surprise and delight our passengers ... Read More
First Air Canada flight from Toronto to Doha lands at Hamad International Airport
Harry S. Johnson- December 16, 2020Qatar Airways welcomed Air Canada’s inaugural flight from Toronto to Doha today, establishing Hamad International Airport as the only airport ... Read More
Qatar Airways to launch Seattle flights in March
Harry S. Johnson- December 8, 2020Qatar Airways has announced the launch of four weekly flights to Seattle from 15 March 2021, marking the seventh new ... Read More
Qatar Airways’ Discover Qatar launches first cruise
Harry S. Johnson- December 7, 2020Discover Qatar, the destination management subsidiary of Qatar Airways, has announced the launch of its very first expedition cruise series, ... Read More
Qatar Airways resumes flights to Tokyo Haneda
Harry S. Johnson- December 2, 2020Qatar Airways announced that it will resume three-weekly flights to Tokyo Haneda, Japan from 11 December 2020. Services to the ... Read More
Qatar Airways cuts number of miles needed for award flights by 49%
Harry S. Johnson- November 24, 2020Qatar Airways Privilege Club has cut the number of Qmiles required to book award flights by up to 49% in ... Read More
Qatar Airways reveals first bespoke FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 aircraft
Harry S. Johnson- November 20, 2020Qatar Airways, Official Partner and the Official Airline of FIFA, today unveiled a specially-branded Boeing 777 aircraft painted in FIFA ... Read More
Mauritius PM calls for equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines internationally
Harry S. Johnson- November 20, 2020A strong public healthcare infrastructure and the development of a multi-layered response driven by scientific and medical data lie at ... Read More
Qatar Airways launches three weekly flights to Abuja, Nigeria
Harry S. Johnson- November 19, 2020Qatar Airways announced that it will operate three weekly flights to Abuja, Nigeria via Lagos from 27 November 2020 becoming ... Read More
Qatar Airways and Air Canada sign codeshare agreement
Harry S. Johnson- November 18, 2020Qatar Airways is pleased to announce it has finalized a codeshare agreement with Air Canada applicable for travel between Doha ... Read More
Qatar Airways launches its first exclusive global program for students
Harry S. Johnson- November 16, 2020Qatar Airways has launched a global program exclusive to students worldwide. Student Club is powered by the airline’s loyalty program, ... Read More
Qatar Airways resumes flights to Algiers, Kiev, Miami, Phuket, Seychelles, Tbilisi and Warsaw
Harry S. Johnson- November 11, 2020Qatar Airways’ fleet of modern fuel-efficient aircraft has enabled it to continue flying throughout the pandemic and sustainably rebuild its ... Read More
Qatar Airways against Al Arabiya News has a winner
Juergen T Steinmetz- November 8, 2020Qatar Airways has brought claims in the English High Court against the Al Arabiya news channel relating to a video ... Read More
Qatar Airways officially launches its carbon offset program
Harry S. Johnson- November 3, 2020Qatar Airways today announced the official launch of its carbon offset program. The airline’s passengers now have the opportunity to ... Read More
Qatar Airways Horror experience included vagina examination at Doha Airport
Juergen T Steinmetz- October 26, 2020Women passengers on Qatar Airways QR908 checking in to fly from Doha to Sydney were ordered by Qatar Authorities on ... Read More
Qatar Airways receives three new Airbus A350-1000 jets
Harry S. Johnson- October 23, 2020Qatar Airways announced that it has taken delivery today of three more Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, reaffirming its position as the ... Read More
Qatar Airways becomes ‘most followed’ airline on Facebook
Harry S. Johnson- October 20, 2020Qatar Airways has become the most followed airline on Facebook, with more than 20 million followers of its page. The ... Read More
Qatar Airways: 99.988% of passengers COVID-19-free
Harry S. Johnson- October 19, 2020Qatar Airways reports extremely low numbers of COVID-19 cases on board its aircraft after operating more than 4.6 million passenger ... Read More
Qatar Airways: No COVID-19 test? No flying!
Harry S. Johnson- August 8, 2020State-owned flag carrier of Qatar announced that all airline passengers traveling from certain foreign airports will have to present a ... Read More
Economics rule reopening travel to Dubai, Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia despite epidemic?
The Media Line- July 25, 2020Arab countries, particularly those heavily dependent on tourism such as Dubai, Egypt, and Lebanon, are taking different approaches when loosening ... Read More
Qatar Air Blockade Ruling: A victory over UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 14, 2020This is good news not only for Qatar Airways, but for Qatar as a nation. Step by step the arguments ... Read More
Qatar sends message of hope and solidarity to the world
Harry S. Johnson- May 21, 2020Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC) has launched a global social media campaign under the hashtag #LoveQatar in order to promote ... Read More
Flying to 70 international cities during COVID-19 with confidence: Qatar Airways CEO explains how
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 26, 2020Are hygiene and money a winning combination for this Skyteam member Airline to keep connecting the world despite the global ... Read More
Why Qatar Airways is increasing flights to Australia?
Chief Assignment Editor- March 26, 2020Qatar Airways was able to run its national airline for sometime in mids of an embargo by the UAE, Saudi ... Read More
Qatar Airways: Keeping the skies open and getting people home
Chief Assignment Editor- March 25, 2020Qatar Airways is continuing to keeping the skies open and getting as many people home as we possibly can in ... Read More
Qatar Airways: New Policy Provides Maximum Passenger Flexibility in light of COVID-19
editor- March 6, 2020A new commercial policy has been designed by Qatar Airways to provide passengers with confidence and peace of mind when ... Read More
Qatar Airways and American Airlines sign codeshare agreement
Chief Assignment Editor- February 25, 2020Qatar Airways has signed a significant codeshare agreement with American Airlines in a move that will increase commercial cooperation, bolster ... Read More
Qatar Airways increases its stake in International Consolidated Airlines Group
Chief Assignment Editor- February 19, 2020Qatar Airways Group Q.C.S.C. announced that it has increased its shareholding in International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. (IAG) from 21.4 ... Read More
