Qatar to launch Doha service from Birmingham


Jennifer Morris


jennifer.morris@ travelweekly.co.uk


Qatar Airways is to launch flights from Birmingham to Doha, opening up more than 150 long-haul destinations to UK passengers.


The eight weekly flights


will be served by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which will have a two-cabin configuration, comprising 22 seats in business class and 232 in economy. The service, which will start


in March, will provide onward connections from Doha to 152 destinations. Flights will depart Birmingham


at 09.15 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and at


Manchester to gain six new Ryanair routes next summer


Ryanair will add six routes from Manchester airport and boost frequency on others next summer. Bratislava, in Slovakia,


Carcassonne, in France, and Malta will be served three times weekly. The carrier will also launch twice-weekly services to Bremen, in Germany, and Brindisi, in Italy. The French city of Limoges will be served four times a week. Frequency will be boosted to


Faro, Alicante, Barcelona, Dublin, Ibiza, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Valencia and Warsaw.


28 travelweekly.co.uk 5 November 2015 RYANAIR: Six new routes


The no-frills carrier will base an additional aircraft at Manchester. Ryanair chief marketing officer


Kenny Jacobs said: “Manchester is one of the fastest-growing airports in the Ryanair network, and we look forward to working closely with Manchester Airports Group as we continue to grow jobs, traffic


and routes in the northwest.” ryanair.com


“Qatar Airways will operate 71 flights a week between the UK and Qatar from March”


15.00 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The schedule includes two-hour connections in Doha for onward flights to Hong Kong and Bangkok, and convenient timings for flights to southern Asian countries such as Pakistan, a major market for the West Midlands. Economy-class customers will


have 10.6-inch screens, while every business-class seat will be on the aisle and be convertible into a lie-flat bed.


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