Qatar Airways will resume flights to Istanbul, the biggest city of Turkey, from today.
Qatar’s national carrier is still operating flights to many cities around the world, helping thousands of passengers get home safely.
“Qatar Airways is delighted to once again be flying to Istanbul. From Saturday June 13 passengers can travel with the world’s best airline to Turkey’s biggest city,” said Qatar Airways on its official twitter account, yesterday.
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Qatar Airways' announcement to resume flights to Istanbul comes after the airlines decision to gradually expand its network. Last month, the multiple awardwinning airline had announced that it would expand its network in phased manner.
By the end of June, the airline aims to have 80 destinations in the schedule including 23 in Europe, four in the Americas, 20 in Middle East/Africa and 33 in Asia-Pacific. The airline had said that the gradual expansion would focus initially on strengthening connections between the airline’s hub in Doha with the global hubs of its partner airlines around the world including London, Chicago, Dallas and Hong Kong along with reopening many major business and leisure destinations such as Madrid and Mumbai.
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“We are still operating flights to many cities around the world including Milan, Madrid, Seoul, and Sydney helping thousands of passengers get home safely,” said the airline in the tweet. At the when other airlines are struggling to operate their flights, Qatar Airways is playing a crucial role in facilitating business and trade.
Driven by ongoing flights, the share of Qatar Airways in global traffic has jumped sharply in April. The airline’s share of the passenger and air cargo market has grown significantly over the past three months, making it the largest passenger and cargo airline globally.
Qatar Airways has continued to operate a significant schedule operating over 15,000 flights to take over 1.8 million people home. The airline’s cargo division has prioritised medical and aid shipments working closely with governments and NGOs to transport over 200,000 tonnes of essential supplies to impacted regions.
With over 1.3 billion revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) during the month of April, the share of the airline has accounted for 17.8 percent of the global market which is over triple its nearest competitor.