Qatar Airways has announced that fellow Gulf Arab airlines will operate more than 160 daily shuttle flights to Qatar during this year’s football World Cup, allowing fans to fly in from nearby cities before a game and return at the end of the day.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al-Baker told a news conference on Thursday that United Arab Emirates (UAE) airline flydubai, Oman Air, Kuwait Airways and Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) would operate shuttle flights and that the UAE’s Etihad and Air Arabia may also join the scheme.
“Flights will be scheduled to arrive up to five hours before the match [in Doha]”, said al-Baker, sitting next to heads of the other airlines.
“After the games, fans will once again have plenty of time to travel through Doha before boarding their flights for home”....
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