Qatar Airways has announced an increase in capacity between Qatar and North Africa with its flights to Tripoli and Casablanca going non-stop from this weekend.
Effective June 1, scheduled services to the Libyan capital Tripoli will be de-linked from the Egyptian city of Alexandria offering additional seats to both cities, the carrier said in a statement.
On the same day, Morocco’s biggest city and tourist destination Casablanca will have direct non-stop services from the airline’s Doha hub. Currently the route is served via the Tunisian capital of Tunis.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said that the re-introduction of non-stop flights to Tripoli and Casablanca demonstrated the airline’s commitment to North Africa.
“We are delighted toresume non-stop flights from June 1to our two popular North African destinations,” he said.
“Today’s announcement is a significant step by Qatar Airways as we show our continued confidence inNorth Africa.This means more capacity and improved travel times to and from Tripoli and Casablanca to destinations across our network.”
Qatar Airways reintroduced scheduled services between Doha and Tripoli in February 2012 after temporarily suspending operations to the city due to the unstable political situation in Libya.
Initially, the route was served three-times-a-week, via Alexandria, and due to popular demand increased to daily services in August last year.
Qatar Airways also serves Libya’s second largest city Benghazi with four flights each week directly from Doha.
Qatar Airways has so far launched five destinations this year – Gassim (Saudi Arabia), Najaf (Iraq), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Chicago (USA) and Salalah (Oman).
The network will grow further with Basra and Sulaymaniyah (Iraq on June 3 and August 20 respectively), Chengdu, China (September 3) and newly announced routes of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (September 18), Clark International Airport, Philippines (October 28) and Philadelphia (April 2014).
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