Qatar Airways flies to America

New Delhi, June 2 (UNI) Qatar Airways will now fly to the United States this summer.

The addition of New York, starting June 26, and Washington DC, beginning July 19, will further boost the airline's international network from its hub in Doha to beyond 75 destinations worldwide, according to a press release here.

Qatar Airways will fly four-times-a-week between its operational hub of Doha and Newark Liberty International Airport-- gateway to New York City-- on the US east coast.

The flight will operate via Geneva-- the airline's second destination in Switzerland-- following its successful services to Zurich, also operated four-times-a-week.

The airline will be the only Middle East carrier flying daily non-stop between Doha and Washington Dulles International Airport.

''We look forward to adding yet another continent to our growing network, offering our passengers flight from cities across the Indian sub-continent and the GCC with excellent connections to both New York and Washington DC via Doha,'' Qatar Airways Regional Manager India Naveen Chawla said.

''Our Five Star service is renowned worldwide and we are extremely delighted to widen our reach to the United States and offer the travelling public, a long-awaited service between our six points in India and the US east coast, as well as our new Geneva connections,'' he added.

''Qatar Airways is proud to serve the discerning Indian traveller from Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and from our recently-launched destination of Chennai to Doha and beyond to our extensive international network.

With Nagpur and Ahmedabad also expected to join Qatar Airways' growing network towards the end of the year, we are excited at putting the airline on the map right across India,'' he said.

Qatar Airways operates a total of 42 flights a week from India to Qatar-- daily from Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram.

The airline's fleet will more than double in size to 110 aircraft by 2015.

Qatar Airways plans to acquire 80 Airbus A350s and 22 Boeing 777s, with deliveries of the latter beginning in November 2007.

The airline is a launch customer of the twin-deck Airbus A380 'super jumbos' with four aircraft on order and scheduled for delivery from 2009 to coincide with the opening of the New Doha International Airport.

UNI