Passengers in Qatar airways can now travel seamlessly to and from India, over 150 destinations on single ticket
The Dollar Business Bureau Qatar Airways and Vistara on Tuesday entered into an interline partnership, under which customers of the two carriers will have seamless travel to and from India to over 150 destinations. The partnership is effective from Monday, Qatar Airways said in a media release. The Gulf carrier currently operates to 13 cities in India from Doha while Vistara, the Tata-SIA run domestic carrier operates to 18 domestic destinations. An interline arrangement refers to a pact to issue and accept tickets for flights that are operated by the partner airline. When selling an interline ticket, the operating airline's own flight numbers are used. According to the Interline partnership arrangement, passengers holding a Qatar airways’ can travel seamlessly to and from a wide range ...
Qatar airways transit business threatened by Gulf crisis
The Dollar Business Bureau The political rift between Qatar and four Arab nations - Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt, has resulted into a full-blown regional crisis, with the severing of air links. The events resulted in the cancellation of dozens of flights daily by state-owned Qatar Airways and other airlines from those nations. This also means that Qatari aircrafts have to take long routes, to avoid the vast airspace of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Qatar Airways has turned Doha into an international hub. However the political rift has jeopardised its position as a key transcontinental airlines, according to experts. “The impact is already bad because it has driven up flight times and therefore costs. As the airspace tightens, the problem grows much worse,” said Addison Schonland, an aviation analyst from US-based AirInsight. “This is a ...
In talks with IndiGo, not SpiceJet, says Qatar Airways
Source: PTI Gulf carrier Qatar Airways today said it is in talks with IndiGo, the largest Indian airline by market share and set to rest speculations that it is looking for a partnership with SpiceJet. Qatar Airways' official confirmation that it was in discussions with IndiGo comes ahead of the nofrills carrier gearing up for an initial share sale worth nearly Rs 2,500 crore. Several times in the past also, the Doha-based airline has evinced interest in picking up stake in IndiGo. "Qatar Airways confirms that the only airline it is talking to is the Indian carrier IndiGo," it said. When contacted, IndiGo declined to comment on the matter. In the detailed statement, Qatar Airways completely denied reports that it was in talks for a ...
