(FEED) Qatar Airways’ Most Frequently-Served Routes: A Closer Look

The seven-time “World’s Best Airline” winner Qatar Airways, headquartered in the Qatar Airways Tower in Doha, is the flag carrier of Qatar. The firm’s main hub, Hamad International Airport, has a global network of over 170 nations across five continents. With a fleet of over 200 aircraft and more than 43,000 employees, Qatar Airways operates globally. It makes its journeys ranging from 91 miles to 18060 miles along multiple routes, as it offers some of the most luxurious domestic, intercontinental and transcontinental flights. Among all the routes taken by this airline, which are the routes that it most frequently serves? Let’s take a closer look at some of them.

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Some of Qatar Airways’ frequently served routes are above 3000 Miles

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In June 2024, Qatar Airways will conducts 209 operations from Hamad International Airport in Doha to Heathrow Airport in London. This makes the DOH-LHR route the most frequently served by this airline. These operations will be carried out on the following aircraft:

• Airbus A350-1000
• Airbus A350-900
• Airbus A380-800
• Boeing 777
• Boeing 777-200LR
• Boeing 777-300ER
• Boeing 787-10

81,782 seats will be available on this route between Hamad and Heathrow – the highest number of available seats on the list, while total available seats per mile will be 266,609,320, which also stands as the highest ASM on the list.

Qatar Airways will carry out 120 operations from Doha’s Hamad International Airport to Charles de Gaulle Airport(CDG) in Paris. Qatar’s Airbus A380-800 served on this route covers 3091 miles in approximately 6 hours and 50 minutes. There are 42,690 seats available for passengers traveling from DOH to CDG. The seats per departure will be 355.8, and the total available seats per mile will be 131,954,790.

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Qatar Airways operates an average of 22 weekly flights from Doha’s Hamad International Airport to Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. The Boeing 777-300ER served along this route covers 3284 miles in approximately 6 hours and 43 minutes. According to data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company, the airline will have 150 operations in the capital of Thailand during the month of June 2024. 58,540 seats will be available for passengers on this route, along with 390.3 seats per departure, taking the count of the available seats per mile(ASM) to 192,245,360.

Qatar Airways also operates frequently on routes that lie between 100 and 1000 miles

Qatar Airways operates Airbus A350-1000s along the 828-mile journey between Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha and Jeddah International Airport(JED). There are 150 operations from DOH to JED and an identical number of operations between JED and DOH. This 2 hour and 50-minute journey serves the vibrant cities of Jeddah and Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

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Another destination Qatar Airways travels as frequently is to the King Khalid International Airport, located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Qatar’s Airbus A350 covers 309 miles in approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes on this route. Saudia, Flynas, Fly Dubai, Flyadeal, and Etihad Airways are some of Qatar Airways’ competitors on this route. This route, which has 14,146,020 available seats per mile ASMs and 305.2 seats per departure, is the second-most frequently served route of Qatar Airways.

Descending below 150 miles, we find that Qatar Airways will conduct 120 operations from Doha to Dammam in June. This route is set at a convenient 140 miles and is served by Qatar’s Airbus A320-100/200 from the Hamad International Airport(DOH) in Doha to King Fahd International Airport (DMM) in Dammam. This route has a travel time of approximately 36 minutes. British Airways and Cathay Pacific are other airlines that serve the same route, but Qatar Airways stands out as the firm serving the most non-stop flights.

A slight exception

Qatar Airways will carry 240 operations between Doha and Cairo International Airport (CAI). This journey is 1,281 miles long, and it doesn’t quite fall in the 100 –1,000-mile range. The most frequently served routes of Qatar Airways are either more than 3,000 miles long or are below the 1000-mile mark.

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However, the flight between DOH-CAI, which has 304 seats per departure and more than 36,000 seats for passengers either way, is the only route on Qatar Airways that is most frequently served and falls between the 1,000-3,000 mile mark.

Qatar Airways’ Shortest Frequent Route

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Qatar Airways serves a 91-mile journey from Doha’s Hamad International Airport (DOH) to Bahrain International Airport (BAH). This is the shortest among the most frequent routes served by the airline. Gulf Air is another firm operating direct flights on this route. Qatar Airways will carry out 120 operations along this route, where passengers will have a total of 19,588 available seats in June 2024.