Last edit by: plunet
New destinations 2017.
Announced for 2017:-
AKL - Auckland started 5 February 2017
CNX - Chiang Mai starts 12th December 2017 4 times weekly
DLA - Douala starts 3 times weekly (Date TBA)
DUB - Dublin started 12 June 2017
KBP - Kiev Borispi - starts daily. From 28th August 2017. Link
KNO - Medan starts 4 times weekly (Date TBA)
LBV - Libreville starts 3 times weekly (Date TBA)
NCE - Nice started 4th July 2017 Link
OHS - Sohar starts 8th August 2017 Link
PRG - Prague started at relatively short notice on 21st August 2017 Link
SJJ - Sarajevo starts 4 times weekly on 31st October 2017. Link
SKP - Skopje started 17th July 2017 Link
TUU - Tabuk starts 19th June 2017 Link never started and would be suspended as of 6th June 2017.
YNB - Yanbu started 9th May 2017
Announced for 2018:
CBR - Canberra daily Starts 12th February 2018 via SYD. RoutesOnline
GIG - Rio de Janeiro starts 4 times weekly. Starts 30 January 2018.
LAS - Las Vegas starts
PEN - Penang, Malaysia, starts three weekly 6th February 2018. RoutesOnline,Press Release, Thread
SCL - Santiago starts 4 times weekly. Starts 30 January 2018.
UTP - U-Tapao Rayong Pattaya, starts four weekly 28 January 2018 Qatar Press Release
Lisbon and Lusaka were not mentioned in http://www.qatarairways.com/be/en/pr...17destinations.
New destinations 2016 can be seen here
New destinations 2015 can be seen here
New Destinations 2017
#151
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: Qatar Airways
Posts: 34
Any updates on Qatar flying to Lusaka? It was mentioned once or twice but nothing lately. Still on the agenda? Hoping to have an alternative to Emirates or South African for our safari next summer.
#153
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: PRG
Programs: QR Platinum, LH Silver
Posts: 43
Qatar Airways yesterday opened reservation for its new destination in Malaysia, previously not announced by the oneWorld member. From 06FEB18, Penang will join the carrier’s network as it begins Doha – Penang route, on board Boeing 787-8. Service will be 3 times a week.
QR850 DOH0230 – 1430PEN 788 246
QR851 PEN2030 – 2320DOH 788 246
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/...h-in-feb-2018/
QR850 DOH0230 – 1430PEN 788 246
QR851 PEN2030 – 2320DOH 788 246
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/...h-in-feb-2018/
#154
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Doha, Qatar
Posts: 374
Qatar Airways yesterday opened reservation for its new destination in Malaysia, previously not announced by the oneWorld member. From 06FEB18, Penang will join the carriers network as it begins Doha Penang route, on board Boeing 787-8. Service will be 3 times a week.
QR850 DOH0230 1430PEN 788 246
QR851 PEN2030 2320DOH 788 246
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/...h-in-feb-2018/
QR850 DOH0230 1430PEN 788 246
QR851 PEN2030 2320DOH 788 246
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/...h-in-feb-2018/
Only bookable up until the end of March right now.
#155
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: London
Programs: Many. Too many. I came here to cut them down. I failed.
Posts: 2,998
Penang! Penang! There used to be a twice weekly LHR-PEN non-stop on MH, but this is amazing news. Amazing in that I had heard not one peep about it.
#156
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Berkshire
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR/LTG
Posts: 683
OT - has the electronics ban been lifted using QR from DOH to LHR?
#157
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 131
This is great news for me personally. I'm in Penang now, at the E&O. I probably come here 4 to six times a year for work. I've used QR to get here quite a bit already, but it's a bit of a faff changing twice. Flight times are very convenient, shame it's only 3 times per week. Hopefully demand will be strong, and the route goes daily.
OT - has the electronics ban been lifted using QR from DOH to LHR?
OT - has the electronics ban been lifted using QR from DOH to LHR?
also, still 2 more projected to come for SE Asia. 🤔🤐
#158
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: London
Programs: Many. Too many. I came here to cut them down. I failed.
Posts: 2,998
This is great news for me personally. I'm in Penang now, at the E&O. I probably come here 4 to six times a year for work. I've used QR to get here quite a bit already, but it's a bit of a faff changing twice. Flight times are very convenient, shame it's only 3 times per week. Hopefully demand will be strong, and the route goes daily.
#159
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Berkshire
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR/LTG
Posts: 683
Back on topic, I'm hoping to book one of the first trips out of Penang in February, just before Chinese New Year. Could be very convenient. I haven't flown QR all this year!
#160
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Paramaribo, Suriname
Programs: Mileage Plus (PLATINUM); Qatar Privilege Club (PLATINUM)
Posts: 384
PTY in the stars???
Any chance for this amazing gateway to the Americas: PTY (Panama City)??
#161
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,916
#162
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: BOS/UTH
Programs: AA LT PLT; QR GLD; Bonvoy LT TIT
Posts: 12,662
#163
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,357
#164
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,916
I wonder whether those same issues, would hit QR too.
M
#165
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London
Programs: Hilton, IHG - BA, GA, LH, QR, SV, TK
Posts: 16,971
I'm always surprised how full TK is on PTY IST, though of course it is well integrated with its alliance partner there.