Qatar Airways opens new service on Doha-Baku route
Baku, February 1 (AZERTAC). Qatar Airways announced on Wednesday an opening of a new flight, which will connect Doha and Baku via Tbilisi, Georgia.
Originally slated to start operations last year on November 30, the new services to the capital cities of Baku and Tbilisi respectively, began February 1. The first aircraft on the Doha-Tbilisi-Baku route landed in Baku on Wednesday.
The inauguration of a new service took place Wednesday at the Baku International Airport named after Heydar Aliyev with participation of Chief Executive Director of Qatar Airways Company Akbar Al Bekir, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Qatar Eldar Salimov and high-ranking aviation officials.
A new service between Baku and Doha is a huge boost for Azerbaijani tourism and business, Akbar Al Bekir said at the inauguration ceremony.
“Via Doha Azerbaijani travelers can also fly to the Far East, Africa, Asia, including Dubai, Shanghai, Singapore, Bangkok and other places," he stressed.
The flights will be operated daily by the Airbus A-320 aircrafts.
The passengers may use services of two service cabins - 12 seats in the business class and 132 seats in the economy class.
