Qatar Airways increases capacity on five routes

Qatar Airways has added another three weekly flights on its Kuala Lumpur route as part of its expansion into Asia. The extra flights will mean the route will operate twice daily on 27 March and the airline hopes Malaysian football fans will use Doha as a connection to the Brazil World Cup in 2014. Meanwhile, Qatar Airways has also increased its capacity to Paris, Geneva, Muscat and Dar Es Salaam. “These capacity increases yet again demonstrate Qatar Airways’ commitment to building our route profiles in line with our strategy to offer passengers more travel options,” said Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways. “With an average of more than one new aircraft being introduced into the fleet every month, Qatar Airways is looking to deploy the new capacity on existing routes while, at the same time launch new routes to join our ever-growing international network.” In addition, the airline will post a wider-body Airbus A330 to its Doha to Barcelona and Bangalore routes.