DOHA: Qatar Airways participated in the recently concluded ITB Berlin – the world’s largest travel show. The airline exhibited its latest suite of amenity kits and its newly-unveiled Boeing 787 Dreamliner Business and Economy Class seats in a custom-designed exhibition stand. The first of 60 Boeing 787s, of which Qatar Airways is the Middle East launch customer, will join the fleet this summer. Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker also announced expansion plans with the launch of flights to Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Erbil and Baghdad in Iraq, Belgrade in Serbia and the Myanmar capital Yangon. Additional new routes launching this year with dates yet to be announced are Zanzibar (Tanzania), Helsinki (Finland), and Gassim (Saudi Arabia).
Published in The Express Tribune, March 17th, 2012.
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