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Written By: Observer Staff
Article Date: Mar 25, 2008 - 2:32:53 AM
Wael al-Khaldi, Area Manager for Yemen,
Qatar Airways held a party on March 19 at the Sheraton Hotel Chinese Restaurant to celebrate the launch of flights to the southern industrial city of Guangzhou in China starting from March 31.
The party was well attended by the diplomatic and business community along with many travel agents.
The program started with a welcome speech by Mr. Wael al-Khaldi, Area Manager for Yemen, followed by a brief presentation about the new destination in China.
Beginning March 31, Qatar Airways will become the first airline from the Gulf to serve Guangzhou. It will operate four flights a week non-stop, using an Airbus A330 aircraft in a two-class configuration of up to 24 seats in Business class and a maximum 248 in Economy.
Qatar Airways’ China operation currently includes daily flights to Hong Kong, four weekly services to Beijing and five services a week to Shanghai.
The airline currently operates a modern fleet of 62 Airbus and Boeing aircraft to 81 destinations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, the Far East and North America.
Qatar Airways is one of only six airlines in the world with a five star ranking for service and excellence awarded by Skytrax, the independent aviation industry monitoring agency. Skytrax also named Qatar Airways’ cabin crew as Best in the Middle East for the fifth year running in 2007, following a survey of more than 15 million passengers worldwide.
