New Destinations 2017
 

Great news for Canberra, GIG, Dublin and more.

Qatar Airways, the award-winning and fastest growing airline in the world, today announced eight more destinations for 2017-18, in addition to seven previously announced new cities for a total of 15 new gateways. Joining the Qatar Airways’ route network, which spans more than 150 destinations on six continents around the world, are: Canberra, the airline’s fifth destination in Australia; Dublin, Ireland; Las Vegas, the airline’s 11th destination in the United States; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Medan, Kualanamu International Airport, the airline’s third destination in Indonesia; and Tabuk and Yanbu, the 9th and 10th destinations in Saudi Arabia.


http://www.qatarairways.com/be/en/pr...17destinations

But nary a start date announced yet...

Interesting! Where is Auckland?

Let me guess- you are an Aussie?

We mainlanders say it is on the North Island.

:-}

Would Auckland not have been announced in the last round of the destinations?

These new destinations, are new announcements opposed to places QR will absolutely fly to in 2017.

There is a difference, and I wouldn't get too excited until you see tickets on sale on the QR website.

M

I want to see ex-DUB start-of-the-route prices... :cool:

If they follow what they did with AMS, PSA and HEL, the thing will be very interesting :D

No CEB? :(

I wonder if the load factor for Medan will ever be above 50% :D

I believe politics are at play with regards to CEB.

It should appear soon, but I can say no more.

M

Sorry all, my skim of the press release was too skimpy and I did not see paragraph 2 "These newly-announced destinations join the already-announced list of new destinations to start in 2017: Auckland, New Zealand will start 5 February 2017, and will be the world’s longest commercial flight; Sarajevo, Bosnia; Skopje, Macedonia; Libreville, Gabon; Nice, France; Chiang Mai, the airline’s fourth destination in Thailand; and Douala, Cameroon."

zebranz I am not Aussie, I am something much worse. I am British but living in Denmark. "Mind your P's and Q's young man!" :D

You are a tease!

In a press conference this arvo, Canberra Airport CEO Stephen Byron confirmed Qatar’s Canberra-Doha service will be “direct” (no Adelaide stopover) and tipped the flight will use "new generation aircraft, most likely the (Airbus) A350”.

I thought in airline parlance "direct" could include a stop eg DOH-ADL-CBR on same plane would be a "direct" flight. Did he say non-stop?

correct. Direct does not mean nonstop.