Summary
- Xiamen Airlines can be the primary Chinese carrier to supply direct flights from China to Qatar, ranging from October.
- The airline will operate every day flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport and twice-weekly flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Doha.
- Xiamen Airlines has also entered right into a codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways, with Qatar Airways also codesharing on Xiamen Airlines’ latest flights to Doha.
Doha, Qatar, will soon add one other carrier to its extensive network. Xiamen Airlines is about to start flights to Doha Hamad International Airport (DOH). The brand new services are set to start in October from two different airports within the airline’s home country, China.
Xiamen Airlines expands into Qatar
Xiamen Airlines will soon turn out to be the primary Chinese carrier to supply direct flights from China to Qatar. The airline will begin its first service to Doha from the most important airport on the earth, Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). The every day flights are set to start operation on October 20. The aircraft will depart Beijing at 18:30 and arrive in Doha at 22:45. The return flight will depart Doha at 02:00 and arrive in Beijing at 15:30.
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The second operation to Doha will begin service later in October, on October 31. This service will take off from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN). This service will operate twice per week with the aircraft departing Xiamen at 0:05 and arriving in Doha at 5:00. The return flight will leave Doha at 19:30 and arrive in Xiamen at 7:55 the subsequent day.
Each of those flights can be operated by the airline’s only widebody variant, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The airline will operate a two-class Boeing 787-9 from Beijing to Doha. This aircraft offers 287 total passengers, 30 in business class and 257 in economy. The Xiamen-Doha route can be flown by one in every of the airline’s Boeing 787-8s. This aircraft seats 237 passengers with three different cabin classes. There are 4 top notch seats, 18 business class seats, and the remaining 215 seats are in economy.
Codeshare with Qatar Airways
This latest route offering can be in step with one other partnership of Xiamen Airlines. Earlier this month, the airline announced it had formed a codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways. Specifically, Qatar Airways will codeshare on the brand new flights to Doha that Xiamen Airlines is offering.
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Akbar Al Baker, the Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways Group, spoke in regards to the partnership, saying,
“We’re delighted to announce this comprehensive cooperation and to welcome our latest partner, Xiamen Airlines, to Hamad International Airport, our home in Qatar. We’re proud and honored that Xiamen Airlines has chosen Doha as a brand new destination of their network and their only destination within the Middle East.”
In return, Xiamen Airlines will codeshare on the Qatar Airways every day flights to and from Beijing. Zhao Dong, the Chairman of Xiamen Airlines, also spoke in regards to the codeshare agreement, saying,
“Each Qatar Airways and Xiamen Airlines are the winners of APEX World Class Awards in 2022 showing our shared commitment to top quality service. The partnership of two Five-Star airlines will bring wonderful flying experiences to the shoppers worldwide.”
Before Xiamen Airlines begins operating these routes, Qatar Airways has been the one airline to fly from Doha to China since before 2003. Qatar Airways also flies to 6 destinations in China. These flights total over 30 weekly flights. These flights include the twice-daily flight to Hong Kong, China’s ‘special administrative region’.