14 Aug 2011
(MENAFN) Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer, Akbar Al-Baker, said that the carrier plans to enforce its fleet in China by launching flights to a fifth gateway, the western city of Chongqing, starting from the end of November which would raise the company’s capacity to China up to 28 percent, reported Arab News.
The Chief Executive Officer Operating also said that the new gateway would operate three-times-a-week. He noted that the airline already operates daily nonstop flights from Doha to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Guangzhou and four-flights-a-week to Beijing.
Al-Baker added that the new Chongqing services would be operated with an Airbus A330 in a two-class Business and Economy configuration.
It is worth noting that Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport is one of the biggest airports in western China serving a large domestic market with limited international flights.
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