- Award-winning airline celebrates successful start of flights to Multan, Sialkot and Faisalabad
- Qatar Airways commemorates Pakistan expansion with Community Initiative
MULTAN, Pakistan, 2015-8-6 — /Travel PR News/ — Qatar Airways hosted a signature event at the Ramada Hotel Multan, to celebrate its rapid expansion in Pakistan, with new flights launched to Multan, Sialkot and Faisalabad on 2nd August, 16th July and 17th July respectively.
The VIP Dinner, which was attended by more than 150 guests from the corporate and travel trade spheres, featured the launch of a community initiative in Pakistan to commemorate the new route launches. Qatar Airways joined hands with Qatar Charity to support the building of a medical centre, “Al Amal”, located in the Khanewal Directorate in Pakistan.
The evening dinner featured a plaque reveal ceremony of the community initiative followed by live local entertainment.
During the event, Qatar Airways Vice President Indian Subcontinent, Ihab Sorial, highlighted the importance of Qatar Airways’ expansion in Pakistan.
“Multan is the latest gateway to join Qatar Airways’ family of expanding destinations in Pakistan where we are so pleased to have launched three new destinations in a span of just a few weeks. From operating 45 flights a week to four cities – Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Islamabad – we have now spread our presence to seven key gateways offering a total of 55 flights a week,” said Mr. Sorial.
“We are proud to highlight that Qatar Airways’ commitment to Pakistan will continue as we identify new opportunities to expand our presence to even more cities across the country. For those passengers who do business in different parts of the world or wish to visit friends and relatives, Qatar Airways is able to offer them an experience of wonderful hospitality.
“We are also humbled to be able to announce the opening of the “Al Amal” medical Centre here in Pakistan. Qatar Airways endeavours to contribute to this community for the benefit of its people and will always strive to do so.”
One of the fastest growing airlines in the world, Qatar Airways has experienced rapid growth in just 18 years of operation. Today it flies a modern fleet of 162 aircraft to 151 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America.
Key connecting points for passengers to and from Multan on Qatar Airways include London, Paris, Milan, Athens, Copenhagen, Berlin, Dubai, Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah.
The Doha – Multan schedules are:
Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
Depart Doha QR 618 at 01:10, arrive Multan at 06:25
Depart Multan QR 619 at 09:35, arrive Doha at 11:05
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About Qatar Airways:
Qatar Airways, the national carrier of the State of Qatar, is one of the fastest growing airlines operating one of the youngest fleets in the world. Now in its 18th year of operations, Qatar Airways has a modern fleet of 162 aircraft flying to 151 key business and leisure destinations across six continents. Qatar Airways won Airline of the Year, Best Business Class Airline Seat and Best Airline in the Middle East at the 2015 Skytrax Awards. This is the third time the airline has won the accolade of Airline of the Year.
Qatar Airways is a member of the oneworld global alliance. The award-winning alliance was named the World’s Best Airline Alliance 2015 by Skytrax for the third year running. Qatar Airways was the first Gulf carrier to join global airline alliance,oneworld, enabling its passengers to benefit from more than 1,000 airports in more than 150 countries, with 14,250 daily departures.
Qatar Airways recently launched Oryx One, an enhanced interface for its inflight entertainment system, increasing the number of movies and TV shows on board from 950 to up to 2,000. Passengers flying on Qatar Airways flights served by its B787, A350, A380, A319 and select A330 aircraft can also stay in touch with their friends and family around the world by using the five-star airline’s on-board Wifi and GSM service.
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Qatar Airways Vice President Indian Subcontinent, Mr. Ihab Sorial, Qatar Airways Sales Manager Karachi, Mr. Muhammad Jawad, and Multan’s International Airport’s ground handling agent Royal Airport Services’ COO Mr. Saleem Liang pictured during the cake-cutting ceremony in celebration of Qatar Airways’ launch of flights to Multan.