KATHMANDU, June 9: Qatar Airways on Tuesday announced that it will start flying to Abha, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from September 2. The non-stop service from Doha will operate four times a week, according to a statement issued by the airline.
The addition of Abha will increase the number of Qatar Airways' weekly flights to Saudi Arabia from 84 to 88.
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Qatar Airways has been expanding its services to Saudi Arabia since it began in non-stop flights to Jeddah in 1997.
Since then the airline has added Riyadh, Dammam, Madinah and Gassim, Ta'if and Al Hofuf to its portfolio of destinations.
"We have been steadily growing our presence and services to Saudi Arabia. As our eighth destination, Abha will bring additional flexibility for passengers connecting from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. From Abha, passengers will be able to travel seamlessly through our Doha hub to popular cities such as London, Paris, Bangkok, Singapore, New York and Washington, and at the same time this will provide passengers travelling to Saudi Arabia the convenience of another gateway within the same country," Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said in the statement.
The airline will use Airbus A320 for Abha flights.
