Qatar Airways Expanding in the Region
Jan 24, 2016, 9:24 pm
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Qatar Airways Expanding in the Region
The Herald today have picked up on a Bloomberg report that Qatar Airways will soon fly direct from Qatar to Auckland and onto Chile as part of their expansion in the region. This will bring a very strong Oneworld carrier through Auckland...
Jan 24, 2016, 11:18 pm
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...ectid=11579335
QR has plans to fly to NZ and Chile. Nothing there about flying between AKL & SCL (and why should they when LA flies this route and QF also serves SCL-SYD).
Jan 25, 2016, 12:49 am
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Jan 25, 2016, 12:57 am
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Remember the last time Grant Bradley ran with a story and didn't understand that "The Americas" wasn't just North America right before Air NZ announced Argentina..
Jan 25, 2016, 2:06 am
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What ever route Qatar Airways decided to fly their website certainly gives the impression they are on the way to Auckland - http://www.qatarairways.com/global/e...-auckland.page
Jan 25, 2016, 3:53 am
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What ever route Qatar Airways decided to fly their website certainly gives the impression they are on the way to Auckland - http://www.qatarairways.com/global/e...-auckland.page
Jan 25, 2016, 9:28 am
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A cursory search for LHR-AKL on QR website curiously shows flying QR LHR-DOH-PER then NZ to AKL, both ways or LHR-DOH-KUL on QR and MH KUL-AKL.
Jan 25, 2016, 10:36 pm
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Not necessarily, they have a page for ADL where they don't fly too. Presumably because they codeshare CX.
Jan 26, 2016, 12:11 am
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How do those who fly Emirates to Europe regularly enjoy the AU stopover? I guess if you're sitting in business or first the extra flight time and stopover compares to a single stop are OK, but as much as I love spending time in a plane I'd still opt for fewer stops any day.