Qatar Airways Melbourne flight start on Dec 6

WOOT. That's too good. The good news has come just in time for my holidays. Thought I'd share the good news...

Qatar Airways will begin operating to Australia before Christmas and in time for the holiday rush, airline Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker announced at the third day of the Paris Air Show.

The airline CEO said that Qatar Airways will launch Australian services initially to Melbourne and the inaugural flight will take place on December 6.

Qatar Airways will begin operating three weekly services using a brand new Boeing B777-200 Long Range aircraft to be delivered to the airline later this year. Operations will quickly become daily early in the New Year, following the delivery of a second long range Boeing – the airline’s fourth – from the aircraft manufacturer’s plant in Seattle, Washington.

Qatar Airways operates daily flights from Nairobi and Dar es Salaam to Doha with convenient onward connections to a network of over 80 destinations.

Passengers heading for Melbourne will have easy transfers at Doha Airport as the Nairobi services arrive two hours before the departure time for Melbourne.

Mr Al Baker said that he has been waiting patiently for Boeing to deliver aircraft that Qatar Airways has on order to begin operating the first of its two planned routes into Australia.

“I know the travelling public is eager for us to begin serving Australia and I’ve had many people ask me about our direct routes to Melbourne and Sydney. We’re finalising some details with regulatory authorities in Australia and once we’ve received the necessary aircraft from Boeing, we will be ready to operate,” Mr Al Baker.

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