Qatar Airways to expand India network next year
24 Nov 2011
Kolkata: Qatar Airways is mulling expanding India operations by adding another two destinations to its itinerary. According to airline CEO, Akbar Al Baker, as per a bilateral agreement between the two countries, the airline could add two more destinations, which it was likely to do next year.
"The Indian market has a huge growth potential and we have the capacity to tap that," Baker told reporters.
He, however, did not disclose the names of two new destinations.
The airline currently operates 95 passenger flights and 15 freighter services a week to India.
Besides Kolkata, Qatar Airways operates daily flights from Doha to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Goa, Hyderabad, Kozhikode, Trivandrum, Chennai, Bangalore, with 11 flights a week to Cochin and a double daily to the capital Delhi, Baker said.
Worldwide Qatar Airways operates from 109 destinations. It has posted a net profit of $215 million in 2010-11.