Qatar Airways prepares for major presence at Arabian Travel Market in Dubai

Qatar Airways will have a major presence at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai, a four day event that attracts the crème de la crème of the travel industry from around the world.  

The airlinereturns this year to ATM to showcase how 2012 was a year of unprecedented growth and expansion with 12 new routes launched. Since then the airline has grown from strength to strength, winning numerous awards and achieving a number of momentous milestones, includingbeing an elect member of the one world alliance, winning the Skytrax Airline of the Year2012 award for the second year running, and introducing many new routes including Warsaw (Poland), Chicago (USA), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Najaf (Iraq) and Gassim(Saudi Arabia). 

This year at ATM – the Middle East’s largest travel show – Qatar Airways’ double-storey exhibition stand will herald the return of the airline’s state-of-the-artBusiness and Economy Class Boeing 787 seats featured onboard the Dreamliner, at its stand (ME 4240) from May 6–9 at the Dubai Convention and Exhibition Centre. 

Speaking ahead of the airline’s presence at ATM,Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Al Bakersaid he was looking forward to sharing exciting developments especially for the home markets with the introduction of new routes. 

“As the premier travel show in the Middle East, ATM is the perfect platform for Qatar Airways to announce some of our expansion plans across the Middle East and worldwide,” he said. 

“We have a lot to showcase and discuss with the relaunch of Boeing 787 services and the opening of Hamad International Airport this year,and our continued commitment to open up the region to international travellers.I look forward to speaking about the next chapter in our success story to travel partners and customers.” 

Qatar Airways won a raft of awards during the past year, including Best Long-Haul Airline (UK Business Travel Awards), Airline of the Year (Skytrax), Best Business Class in the World (Business Traveller Middle East), Best Airline in the Middle East and Africa (Business Traveller Asia Pacific) and World’s Best Premium Service Airport (Skytrax).   

Qatar Airways has seen rapid growth in just 16 years of operations, currently flying a modern fleet of 123 aircraft to 126 key destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and The Americas, including Chicago, the airline’s newest point introduced on April 10.

Over the next few weeks and months, Qatar Airways will launch scheduled flights to a diverse portfolio of new routes, including Salalah, Oman (May 22); Basra, Iraq (June 3); Sulaymaniyah, Iraq (August 20) and Chengdu, China (September 3) with many more new destinations planned.