Kusukela mhla ziyisi-6 kuZibandlela 2022, i-Qatar Airways izobe ikhulisa umthamo wabagibeli ezindizeni zayo eziya noma ezisuka ePerth. Phambilini ebisetshenziswa i-Boeing B777-300ER, abagibeli manje bazothola ithuba lokugibela i-A380, enezigaba ezintathu zokuhlala phezu kwamadekhi amabili anegumbi lokuphumula elikhethekile elingaphakathi. Indiza izothatha abagibeli abengeziwe abayi-163 nsuku zonke kwengeze izihlalo ezifika ku-517 ezisabalele kuwo wonke amakhabethe amathathu: izihlalo eziyisishiyagalombili ze-First Class, izihlalo ezingama-48 ze-Business Class kanye nezihlalo ze-Economy Class ezingama-461.
Lesi sibuyekezo siyingxenye yobambiswano lwamasu lwakamuva phakathi Qatar Airways futhi Virgin Australia. Le codeshare eyandisiwe ikhulisa kakhulu amanethiwekhi, amagumbi okuphumula nezinhlelo zokwethembeka zazo zombili izindiza, okuletha izinzuzo ezinkulu nezindawo ezintsha kubahambi. Yethulwe ngoSepthemba 2022, ubudlelwano buvula uhambo olungenamthungo oluya ezindaweni ezingaphezu kuka-150 phakathi kwamanethiwekhi amakhulu eQatar Airways kanye ne-Virgin Australia, kudala isango elisha lohambo olungenamthungo phakathi kwe-Australia, i-Middle East, i-Europe ne-Afrika, okubandakanya izindawo ezidumile njengeLondon, Paris. , eRoma nase-Athene.
I-Perth ingelinye lamadolobha amasiko amaningi e-Australia, futhi imvelaphi yalo ilukwe ezindaweni zayo eziningi. Umthamo owengeziwe unweba ukuzibophezela kweQatar Airways emphakathini wase-Australia ngokunikeza amathuba amakhulu okuxhumana ezindaweni eziningi kunethiwekhi yayo yomhlaba.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seQatar Airways Group, uMhlonishwa uMnu Akbar Al Baker, uthe: “Sifuna ukukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwethu e-Australia ngokuqhubeka nomsebenzi esawenza ngesikhathi sodlame ukugcina abantu base-Australia bexhumekile. Kubalulekile ukuthi abahambi base-Australia bazizwe bamukelekile edolobheni lethu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bahamba noma bavakashela e-Doha. Ngesikhathi seNdebe Yomhlaba ye-FIFA elindelwe ngabomvu, i-Qatar 2022, zonke izindiza eziya noma ezibuya ePerth zizohlelwa kucatshangelwa izikhathi zemidlalo yebhola lezinyawo ukuze bonke abalandeli bajabulele umcimbi omkhulu wonyaka.”
Kuso sonke lesi sifo esiwubhubhane, i-Qatar Airways igcine izinsiza zayo zase-Australia futhi yathwala abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-330,000 iphinde iphume e-Australia phakathi kukaMashi 2020 kuya kuDisemba 2021 ngazo zombili izindiza zezentengiselwano nezinsizakalo ezikhethekile eziqashiwe. IDoha isiphenduke isizinda esikhulu sabagibeli base-Australia abaya eMpumalanga Ephakathi naseYurophu, namadolobha anjengeLondon, iManchester, iDublin neParis abonakala ethandwa kakhulu, axhuma ngesikhumulo sezindiza i-Hamad International.
