Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts

Thursday, 24 April 2014

Qatar Airways to increase seat capacity on Doha-Vienna route from Sept 1, 2014

In order to cater to the increasing passenger demand, Qatar Airways will upgrade its service on the Doha-Vienna route with the introduction of an A330 aircraft. The upgrade from an A320 to the A330 aircraft will commence on September 1, 2014, as per a release.


The switch from the A320 to an A330 will increase the total number of weekly seats servicing the route to 336 Business Class seats and 3,304 Economy Class seats, resulting in an increase of 168 and 1,624 seats, respectively.

Günter Saurwein, Country Manager Germany & Austria, Qatar Airways, said, “We recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of our first flight to Vienna; a milestone which is a testament to our commitment to not only the city, but to our customers as well. We are extremely pleased that we are now able to offer an increase in capacity by introducing the A330 to the route in order to help meet the growing needs of our passengers. It has been a pleasure to work with Vienna Airport in developing this route over the last decade and we look forward to many more successful years working together.”

Julian Jäger, Board Member, Vienna Airport, added, “Our cooperation with Qatar Airways has worked well for many years, and we see the sound development of traffic on this route as a very positive factor. We therefore welcome the changeover to a larger aircraft and the resulting expansion of capacity on these flights. This will further enhance the role of Vienna Airport as a gateway to the Middle East.”

On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, flight QR183 departs Doha at 08:35 hrs to arrive in Vienna at 13:25 hrs. On the return leg, flight QR184 departs 16:15hrs to reach Doha at 22:35 hrs. On Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, flight QR181 departs Doha at 01:50 hrs to arrive in Vienna 06:40 hrs. On the return journey, flight QR182 departs Vienna at 11:45 hrs to reach Doha at 18:05 hrs.

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Air France – KLM strengthens South American network with new operations in Brazil and Panama

Air France has announced a significant increase in services to Central and South America.  On 31 March the airline launched a new three weekly service to Brasilia, its third destination in Brazil after Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and this summer Air France is increasing flight capacity to Panama from three to four weekly flights and to five weekly from 27 October 2014. 

Brasilia: The new route results directly from the exclusive code share agreement between Air France – KLM and Brazilian airline, GOL. Brasilia is now serv
ed by the airline from Paris-Charles de Gaulle flying on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Flights are operated by Boeing 777-200 equipped with 309 seats, with 35 in the Business cabin, 24 in Premium Economy and 250 in Economy.