Qatar Airways will begin thrice-weekly scheduled flights to and from Chengdu, a major economic centre in western China, from September 3.
\nThe Doha\u2013Chengdu route will celebrate 10 years of Qatar Airways services in China.
\nChengdu will join Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Chongqing as the airline\u2019s sixth gateway into China.
\nThe airline will operate three flights a week to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport using an Airbus A330 in a two-class configuration of up to 248 seats in Economy and up to 36 in Business Class.
\n\u201cThe new service is part of the airline\u2019s commitment to boost services to the Far East and Asia Pacific,\u201d said Akbar Al Baker, Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Airways.
\n\u201cChina is one of our key markets and we are excited to further expand our footprint in the country, allowing us to provide greater options for business and leisure travellers ready to take advantage of new flights to and from another entry point in China.\u201d
\nThe launch of Qatar Airways in Chengdu will give easy access to tourist and business travellers in China to France, Germany, Italy, the UK and the Middle East, all served by Qatar Airways.
\nTo attract international visitors, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport offers a 72- hour visa-free transit to over 45 countries.
\nAs such, the Chengdu route is set to become a modern \u2018Silk Road\u2019, connecting western China to over 125 destinations worldwide via Doha, including Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.
\nConsistently voted as one of China\u2019s greenest and most livable cities, Chengdu is often called \u2018The City of Hibiscus\u2019.
\nIt is also home to the internationally recognised Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
\nAs the capital of Sichuan province, Chengdu enjoys a subtropical monsoon climate and annual average temperatures of 16 degrees Celsius.
\nIt is also a key regional base for science, technology and commerce in China, representing the fourth wealthiest city in China, and the Asia Pacific\u2019s 10th best city for foreign investments.
\n\u201cWe are pleased to introduce Chengdu as our sixth and newest China\u2019s gateway and look forward to welcoming travellers from Chengdu to fly with us to many parts of the world and, similarly welcome visitors from around the world to this great city,\u201d Al Baker added.<\/p>\n
Source:The Peninsula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nThe Doha\u2013Chengdu route will celebrate 10 years of Qatar Airways services in China.
\nChengdu will join Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Chongqing as the airline\u2019s sixth gateway into China.
\nThe airline will operate three flights a week to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport using an Airbus A330 in a two-class configuration of up to 248 seats in Economy and up to 36 in Business Class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main_slider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}