Qatar Airways is all set to begin three-flights-a-week to Ethiopia’s capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, on 18th September 2013. Flights to Addis Ababa from Doha will be operated with an Airbus A320 in a two-class configuration of 132 seats in Economy and 12 in Business Class.
In the words of Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways chief executive, Ethiopia is fast emerging as a growing economic centre, forming strong trade links with Europe, USA and Asia Pacific. The addition of scheduled flights to Addis Ababa, allows the further expansions of business on African continent.
Addis Ababa joins a rapidly growing African network that Qatar Airways serves, amongst 19 other routes in North, East, West and Sub-Saharan Africa. In the last 24 months the airline has added various African destinations to its global route such as Benghazi (Libya), Entebbe (Uganda), Kigali (Rwanda), Tripoli (Libya) and re-launched Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) and Maputo (Mozambique).
Qatar Airways has seen rapid growth in just 16 years of operation, currently flying a modern fleet of 127 aircraft to 128 key business and leisure destinations worldwide.
In the words of Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways chief executive, Ethiopia is fast emerging as a growing economic centre, forming strong trade links with Europe, USA and Asia Pacific. The addition of scheduled flights to Addis Ababa, allows the further expansions of business on African continent.
Addis Ababa joins a rapidly growing African network that Qatar Airways serves, amongst 19 other routes in North, East, West and Sub-Saharan Africa. In the last 24 months the airline has added various African destinations to its global route such as Benghazi (Libya), Entebbe (Uganda), Kigali (Rwanda), Tripoli (Libya) and re-launched Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) and Maputo (Mozambique).
Qatar Airways has seen rapid growth in just 16 years of operation, currently flying a modern fleet of 127 aircraft to 128 key business and leisure destinations worldwide.
