QATAR: Qatar Airways Will Fly To Maputo

Qatar Airways announced it will upgrade its three times weekly flights between Doha and Maputo, Mozambique, to a non-stop Boeing 787 Dreamliner service effective 27 March 2016.

The new non-stop flights will be operated on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Qatar Airways currently serves the Doha – Maputo route three times a week via South Africa’s largest city Johannesburg.

The carrier will de-link flights from Johannesburg, Qatar Airways’ Maputo route, with commencing of the new route.

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, said:

“Three years ago, Qatar Airways began flights to Maputo via Johannesburg, and over that time we have seen a consistent increase in demand resulting in today’s announcement, making our Maputo-Doha flights non-stop.”

“We are very pleased that we will now be able to provide leisure and business passengers shorter, more convenient flights when travelling between Doha and Maputo.”

With the start of Qatar Airways’ new non-stop service to Maputo International Airport, passengers from Europe, the Americas, Middle East and Asia Pacific will take advantage of a seamless one-stop connection to Mozambique’s capital city via Doha, saving approximately five hours per direction from prior itineraries.

Travellers from Mozambique will have more convenient options to more than 150 destinations around the world, including popular destinations like Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Karachi, Mumbai, Delhi and Dubai.

Qatar Airways’ Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft features 254 seats in a two-class configuration of 22 seats in business class and 232 in economy.

Qatar Airways fleet consists of 173 aircraft (and 169 orders), as of January 2016.