DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) has launched its first commercial flight to Atlanta, as the airline commenced daily, non-stop service between Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) and Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha.
Skytrax's reigning 'Airline of the Year' marked the occasion by operating the inaugural flights with one of the airline's superjumbo Airbus A380 aircraft.
The inaugural inbound and outbound flights were sold out, demonstrating the need and desire for new international service to and from Atlanta.
Akbar Al Baker, Chief Executive, QA Group, said: "From our very first flight, we see that our services are essential to this city, even in a major aviation hub such as Atlanta.
"We are broadening the horizon and giving seasoned business and leisure travellers convenient access to many new and important destinations around the world.
"Atlanta is home to dozens of Fortune 500 companies that conduct business around the wo rld — businesses that need the convenience that only our flight, with connections in Doha, can provide," Al Baker added.
QA's home and hub, Hamad International Airport (HIA), offer geographic advantages other airlines and alliances cannot; the carrier is based in Doha, within six hours of 80 percent of the world's population. With its network throughout Asia and the Middle East and Africa, QA flights can reduce overall flying time by hours.
The first QA departure proves the point that hundreds of passengers on the first flight from Atlanta took advantage of convenient connections to reach over 40 destinations out of the airline's global network of more than 150 destinations.
The majority of connecting passengers flew on from HIA to India, Southeast Asia and African destinations, such as Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Asmara, and Khartoum.
"Our vision for QA and HIA has always been as a global hub, seamlessly spanning continents and facilitating world tra vel," said Al Baker. "The world becomes far more accessible with kind of global network, and we at QA want to take the journey with you, and make the travel as rewarding and memorable as the destination."
QA is one of the fastest growing airlines in aviation history, taking on average one new aircraft every 11 days. To help support this growth, QA will host a recruitment drive for its award-winning and iconic cabin crew in Atlanta starting in July. Dates will be announced shortly.
Applicants can learn more about working for Skytrax's three-time Airline of the Year by visiting the airline's website at www.qatarairways.com.
QA offers competitive, tax-free salary, housing, medical insurance and other perks, in addition to the opportunity for rapid career advancement.
The introduction of daily wide-body Boeing 777 passenger flights provides additional belly-hold capacity to the cargo carrier's four-times weekly freighter services between Doha and Atla nta. The carrier now offers a combined 744 tonnes of capacity a week on its Doha-Atlanta-Doha route, meeting the robust demand of the destination. Flight schedule: DOH to ATL QR755 departs at 9:05 and arrives at 16:55; ATL to DOH QR756 leaves at 19:25 and arrives at 16:15 the following day.
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