QR will announce the following new routes over a 4 month span beginning October 2010.
1. Phuket ....Daily flight via KUL starting October 11th. Aircraft expected to be an A330.
2. Hanoi ... 4 weekly flights via BKK starting Nov 1. Aircraft should be a B77W. Also SGN will go up from 4 weekly non stop to daily non stop.
3. Nice .. 3 times per week via MXP starting November 24th. Aircraft should be a A330.
4. Bucharest ... 4 times a week non stop using a A319/A320 starting January 17th 2011.
5. Budapest ... 4 times a week A319/A320 via Bucharest also starting January 17th 2011.
6. Brussels .. 5 times a week non stop starting January 31st .. might be started with a A330.
Among the above destinations, NCE and BRU are the only destinations which have EK/EY operating. NCE has EK and BRU has EY.
Also, BKK - HAN, KUL - HKT, MXP - NCE, OTP-BUD seem to be the tag routes. It will be interesting to know on how many of them QR manages to get 5th freedom rights.
http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/newsroom/archive/press-release-21June10.html
1. Phuket ....Daily flight via KUL starting October 11th. Aircraft expected to be an A330.
2. Hanoi ... 4 weekly flights via BKK starting Nov 1. Aircraft should be a B77W. Also SGN will go up from 4 weekly non stop to daily non stop.
3. Nice .. 3 times per week via MXP starting November 24th. Aircraft should be a A330.
4. Bucharest ... 4 times a week non stop using a A319/A320 starting January 17th 2011.
5. Budapest ... 4 times a week A319/A320 via Bucharest also starting January 17th 2011.
6. Brussels .. 5 times a week non stop starting January 31st .. might be started with a A330.
Among the above destinations, NCE and BRU are the only destinations which have EK/EY operating. NCE has EK and BRU has EY.
Also, BKK - HAN, KUL - HKT, MXP - NCE, OTP-BUD seem to be the tag routes. It will be interesting to know on how many of them QR manages to get 5th freedom rights.
http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/newsroom/archive/press-release-21June10.html