Airways of Qatar expands African network; Durban, Cape Town, Maputo join in Feb

 

January 27, 2021: with airline’s steady rebuild of its Africa network, Qatar Airlines plans to increase frequencies to Durban (increasing to three weekly flights from February 14); CapeTown (five weekly flights from February 2);  and Maputo (increasing to three weekly flights from February 14).

 

Qatar Airlines group chief executive Akbar Al Baker, said, “We are proud to be the leading international carrier connecting Africa with Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the US, Europe, offering more flexible travel options and a international network of flights that passengers, trade and business partners can rely on. Having launched three new destinations with Abuja in Africa, Accra and Luanda joining our network in 2020, we continue to express our commitment to the area by adding new ways and gradually increasing frequencies cross ways the continent. With the resumption of Conair and Alexandria, we will activate over 100 weekly flights to and from Africa with connections via Hamad International Airport, to our universal network of over 118 destinations. As worldwide travel recovers in 2021, we look forward to further increasing  our network and presenting more relations to and from Africa.”

In this month, the airline has resumed services to Casablanca (six weekly flights from January 21);  Alexandria (two weekly flights from January 25); Cairo (up to 18 weekly flights from18 January); Johannesburg (16 weekly flights from January 26); and Tunis (four weekly flights from January 24).