Qatar Airways launches flight to Nagpur
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
FE Report
Qatar Airways launched its flight to the central Indian city of Nagpur from the September 24, marking the airline's seventh destination in India.
The Civil Aviation Minister of India, Praful Patel, was among the guests at Dr. Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur to welcome the first flight and the airline's Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker who flew on the inaugural from Doha.
Qatar Airways is the only full-service scheduled international airline from the Middle East flying to Nagpur. The launch of twice-weekly flights between Doha, capital of the state of Qatar and Nagpur takes the airline's burgeoning network across India to 44 services a week.
The Nagpur route is being operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft in a two-class configuration of 12 seats in business class and 132 in economy.
Qatar Airways launched its flight to the central Indian city of Nagpur from the September 24, marking the airline's seventh destination in India.
The Civil Aviation Minister of India, Praful Patel, was among the guests at Dr. Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur to welcome the first flight and the airline's Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker who flew on the inaugural from Doha.
Qatar Airways is the only full-service scheduled international airline from the Middle East flying to Nagpur. The launch of twice-weekly flights between Doha, capital of the state of Qatar and Nagpur takes the airline's burgeoning network across India to 44 services a week.
The Nagpur route is being operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft in a two-class configuration of 12 seats in business class and 132 in economy.