DOHA, Qatar – Qatar Airways, one of the world’s fastest growing
airlines, will expand its flights to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport from 29th
March 2015, as it increases its frequency to a double-daily service.
With the launch of the new daily
service to Sabiha Gökçen Airport, passengers from the Middle East, Asia
Pacific, the Americas and Africa can now take advantage of an additional
morning connection to Istanbul via Doha. The new daily flight, operated by a
two-class, Airbus A320 aircraft, will depart Doha at 0945 hrs, arriving in
Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 1400 hrs, and return from Sabiha Gökçen Airport at
1500 hrs, arriving back in Doha at 1855 hrs.
Qatar Airways recently celebrated
its 10 years of successful operations to Turkey. The airline began services to
Istanbul Ataturk International Airport in 2004 marking Qatar Airways’ first
destination in Turkey, and due to popular passenger demand has been steadily
increasing its number of flights to the country.
Qatar Airways currently operates to
three destinations in Turkey – Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (daily flights),
Istanbul Ataturk Airport (10-flights-a-week) and Ankara
(four-weekly-flights).
The non-stop four-flights-a-week
service from Doha to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport was launched on May 22nd
this year, marking Qatar Airways’ addition of its third route to Turkey. Due to
an increase in demand, Qatar Airways added three additional flights from
October 26th to Sabiha Gökçen Airport, marking the launch of daily flights to
the airport.
“Qatar Airways’ service to Istanbul
Sabiha Gökçen Airport has enjoyed exceptional popularity since its launch
earlier this year," said Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His
Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker.
"The start of a double daily
service from March next year will further strengthen our support for leisure
and business travel to Istanbul and we are certain that our passengers will
welcome this initiative.”
The Doha - Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen
Airport route is operated by an Airbus A320, featuring 12 seats in Business
Class and up to 132 seats in Economy. Selected A320s feature seatback TV
screens providing all passengers in both cabins with the next generation
interactive onboard entertainment system – a choice of more than 900 audio and
video on demand options.
Qatar Airways has seen rapid growth
in just 17 years of operations, to the point where it today operates a
modern fleet of 141 aircraft to 145 key business and leisure destinations
across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas.
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