Tuesday, March 5, 2024
The premier airline of the Middle East announced an expansion in its flight schedules to 17 international locations over the upcoming year, introducing more frequent services to Berlin commencing this winter season.
Operating from Doha’s Hamad International Airport, which has been honored as the Middle East’s Best Airport by Skytrax for nine straight years, Qatar Airways extends its reach to over 170 global destinations. This includes an increase to five German cities beginning this summer.
Furthermore, at the ITB Berlin 2024’s opening day, Qatar Airways unveiled its latest breakthrough in digital technology – becoming the first airline globally to introduce a virtual digital human cabin crew, named Sama, showcasing a significant leap in enhancing passenger experience.
At the ITB Berlin this year, Qatar Airways announced an expansion of its flight services to 17 global destinations for the upcoming summer and winter seasons. Additionally, it introduced the second version of its virtual MetaHuman cabin crew named Sama.
Sama 2.0, an enhanced AI-driven cabin crew member, has been designed to provide passengers with personalized experiences through the airline’s virtual platform, QVerse. The unveiling of Sama featured a spectacular holographic presentation at Qatar Airways’ newly designed, innovative booth. Equipped with conversational AI, Sama demonstrated her extensive knowledge of Qatar Airways’ operations smoothly. The booth also includes a sensory pod that offers visitors a chance to experience the airline’s acclaimed Qsuite found in Business Class.
In further news from the event, the national airline of the State of Qatar announced an increase in its flight frequency to Berlin, moving from 14 to 18 weekly flights by the winter of 2024. This expansion, coupled with the upcoming first flight to Hamburg on July 1, 2024, underscores Qatar Airways’ dedication to enhancing its services to major European destinations.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, said: “As a long-standing exhibitor at ITB Berlin, Qatar Airways understands what excites our audience, and is proud to bring something new to the trade show. Innovation is a vital cornerstone of our mission, and with the new and improved Sama, we are taking another defining step towards enhancing our digital experience. The multiple flight increases in our existing destination network emphasise the surge in demand for air travel, bridging together countries and people for better tourism and trade opportunities.”
Qatar Airways Chief Commercial Officer, Thierry Antinori said: “We are delighted to be back at ITB Berlin to share our announcements with industry partners. The expansion of our German market to Hamburg demonstrates our continuous commitment to our passengers by offering them even more choice to connect to Qatar Airways’ network of over 170 global destinations. We are pleased to be the only airline in the Middle East, which will soon fly to five cities in Germany, and connect our passengers to the world through Doha’s Hamad International Airport – recognised as Skytrax’s Best Airport in the Middle East for nine consecutive years. We look forward to welcoming all our commercial and trade partners to our stand over the next few days to commemorate our new milestones, and interact with our innovative products and services.”
Qatar Airways has expanded its presence in the German market by adding Hamburg, marking its fifth destination in Germany. This brings the airline’s total to 71 weekly flights to Germany, including an increased number of flights to Berlin, all of which will connect via the award-winning Hamad International Airport.
This summer, Qatar Airways is set to enhance flight frequencies year over year to several destinations as follows:
For the upcoming winter season, Qatar Airways will again increase the flight frequency to several destinations:
Qatar Airways invites all guests to the ITB Berlin, where it will showcase its new exhibition pavilion in Hall 4.2, stand 102, from March 5-7, 2024.
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