Air India ‘kicks off’ direct flights to Doha from key cities

NEW DELHI: Air India on Thursday announced the introduction of 20 new flights per week to Qatar from key Indian cities. The added capacity will cater to the surge in demand expected around the football extravaganza in Qatar scheduled in November and December 2022.

The flights, to be introduced from October 30, will connect Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai with Qatar’s capital Doha during this period. Thirteen flights per week will operate from Mumbai, four from Hyderabad and three from Chennai. These flights will be in addition to the existing daily flights to Doha from Delhi.

This connectivity to Qatar follows Air India’s increase of 24 new flights on its domestic network last month. These additional flights included two new frequencies on each of the Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Bengaluru and Mumbai-Chennai routes, besides a new frequency on the Mumbai-Bengaluru route.