Qatar to launch Auckland-Doha, world’s longest flight

Qatar to launch Auckland-Doha, world’s longest flight

Qatar Airways has trumped its week-old Sydney services by announcing the world’s longest flights between Auckland-Doha to begin in December.

The mammoth New Zealand flight is just one of 13 new routes spanning across four continents announced at the opening of ITB Berlin by Qatar Airways’ Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker.

“These new destinations are where our customers want to go, and where we see the most opportunity to provide a best-in-class experience at great value,” he said.

So where are they going?

New Qatar Airways destinations in South West Pacific / Southeast Asia are:

  • Daily service to Auckland – Qatar Airways’ first route to New Zealand, and what will be the world’s longest flight – will begin on December 3. Qatar Airways will use the Boeing 777 aircraft for this route.
  • Qatar Airways will begin four flights per week to Krabi (Thailand) on December 6 and three flights per week to Chiang Mai (Thailand) also in December.

Five new European destinations include:

  • Pisa, Italy, starting August 2 with daily non-stop A320-family services from Doha
  • Sarajevo, Bosnia, starting September 7 with three flights per week from Doha
  • Helsinki, Finland, starting October 10 with daily non- stop flights from Doha
  • Skopje, Macedonia, starting in November, with three times weekly service from Doha
  • Returning to Nice, France by summer 2017, with five flights per week with wide-body aircraft.

Qatar Airways will also begin services to six new destinations in Africa:

  • Marrakech (Morocco) will begin in July, three times per week from Doha on the airline’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
  • Four flights per week between Doha and Windhoek (Namibia) will begin on September 28.
  • Daily scheduled service to the Seychelles will resume on December 12.
  • In January, Qatar Airways will offer three flights per week from Doha to Douala (Cameroon) and Libreville (Gabon) utilising one aircraft.
  • Non-stop service, three times weekly from Doha to Lusaka (Zambia) will begin by summer 2017.

The introduction of the new destinations comes two years after the opening of Qatar Airways’ hub, Hamad International Airport. The airport, one of the most technologically advanced modern airports in the world, serves more than 28 million passengers annually – and is set to grow up to 50 million in 2018.

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