Summary
- Qatar Airways has resumed its direct flights from Doha to Auckland, the longest route in its network, using Airbus A350-1000 aircraft.
- The airline hasn’t operated direct flights to Auckland for over three years attributable to the pandemic, as an alternative using stopovers in Brisbane and Adelaide.
- Passengers flying from Auckland to Doha can access Qatar Airways’ extensive network of over 160 destinations, and revel in the comfort of the airline’s modern A350-1000s with its award-winning QSuite business class seats.
Qatar Airways is celebrating the return of its longest direct route – Doha to Auckland – following the resumption of flights this month. The airline has deployed its Airbus A350-1000 fleet to operate the 16-hour journey, which is able to run on a every day schedule.
Qatar reinstates Doha-Auckland service
The airline’s first direct flight from Doha to Auckland for the reason that pandemic successfully touched down yesterday, marking the return of Qatar’s longest direct route. The flight took off from Doha Hamad International Airport (DOH) at 09:02, arriving at Auckland Airport (AKL) at 09:41+1.
The airline hasn’t flown direct to Auckland in over three years since suspending services over the COVID pandemic. Nonetheless, it has provided service to Recent Zealand’s biggest city since then via stopovers at Brisbane, then Adelaide, which it continued up until August thirty first.
Auckland Airport commented,
Passengers flying from Auckland to Doha can access Qatar’s huge network of over 160 destinations. It’ll also offer the right excuse to fly on one among the airline’s modern A350-1000s.
Two-class A350-1000 service
Qatar’s A350-1000s are fitted with 46 of its business ‘QSuites’, together with 281 seats in economy. Easy Flying has reviewed the QSuite on several occasions, rating it as the most effective business class cabins on the market – all of Qatar’s A350-1000s have this product onboard.
Photo: Qatar Airways
The airline will operate a every day service on the next schedule:
- QR920 – Departs Doha at 01:50, arrives in Auckland at 02:45+1.
- QR921 – Departs Auckland at 15:00, arrives in Doha at 23:15.
After grounding much of its A350 fleet over the pandemic, Qatar Airways has steadily reactivated its widebodies this yr. By January 2023, seven of the airline’s 19 A350-1000s were listed as parked – having taken delivery of 5 more this yr, all 24 of Qatar’s longer A350 variants are in service, with only ten of its -900s still on the bottom.
About Qatar’s longest route
The carrier first launched Doha-Auckland in February 2017 – on the time, it became the longest route on this planet since surpassed by Singapore Airlines. It’s now the world’s third-longest scheduled industrial flight, coming in behind Singapore Airlines’ services from Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) to Recent York JFK Airport (JFK) and Newark Liberty Airport (EWR).
Qatar Airways
- IATA/ICAO Code:
- QR/QTR
- Airline Type:
- Full Service Carrier
- Hub(s):
- Doha Hamad International Airport
- 12 months Founded:
- 1993
- Alliance:
- oneworld
- CEO:
- Akbar Al Baker
- Country:
- Qatar