Qatar Airlines to launch new Thailand route

From December 16, the Gulf airline will fly to Chiang Mai - the largest and most culturally significant city in Northern Thailand - via Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, with a two-class A330-200. Chiang Mai will be the fourth city in the Asian country to be served by Qatar Airways, complementing services to Bangkok and Phuket. The airline is also commencing flights to Krabi on December 6. With the addition of Krabi and Chiang Mai to its network, Qatar Airways will increase its flights to Thailand from 39 to 48 per week by the end of 2016.

Qatar Airways Senior Vice President East Asia & South West Pacific, Mr. Marwan Koleilat, said: “As we are constantly expanding our network in South East Asia, the popular tourist destination of Thailand is an obvious target for growth. We have seen increased travel demand for our services to Thailand and now with the introduction of our award-winning product to popular secondary cities such as Chiang Mai and Krabi, we provide overseas visitors and tour operators with greater flexibility and ease of travel when designing their Thailand holiday itineraries.” The launch of flights to Chiang Mai comes at a time when Qatar Airways is rapidly expanding its network and will inaugurate 14 new destinations on its route map throughout 2016 and into early 2017. New destination launches include: Marrakech (1 July 2016), Pisa (2 August 2016), Windhoek (28 September 2016), Helsinki (10 October 2016) Sarajevo (2 November 2016), Seychelles (12 December 2016), Auckland (6 February 2017), Skopje (2017), Libreville (2017), Douala (2017), Lusaka (summer 2017) and Nice (summer 2017).