Qatar Airways adds 11 weekly London flights

Qatar Airways has announced a sharp increase in the number of flights it operates from London.

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From London Gatwick:

From 19th June, Qatar Airways will operate two daily flights from London Gatwick instead of one. The British Airways service is also remaining, at least for now, although I don’t understand the point of having two flights to Doha which depart literally a few minutes apart around 2pm.

The new flight will be a morning departure, leaving Gatwick at 9am and arriving in Doha at 5.35pm. It will use a Boeing 787-8 which has the same business class as the A380, which I reviewed on Monday.

From London Heathrow:

From 28th March, Qatar Airways will add a 7th daily service on selected dates. This will be on a Boeing 787-9, so you won’t be getting Qsuite.

It will be an overnight flight from Heathrow, leaving at 9.20pm and landing at 6.05am in Doha. It will operate on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Heathrow will now see 45 Qatar Airways flights per week, with a total of 59 weekly flights across Heathrow and Gatwick.

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