DOHA (Halbeeg News) – Qatar Airways will soon resume flight operation to Somalia’s capital Mogadishu next month, official confirmed on Sunday.
In an article carried by Peninsula website, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said the carrier of the small gulf nation will start three-weekly flights to Mogadishu from September 6, 2020.
“We are delighted to resume flights to the capital of Somalia. Mogadishu is considered to be the most populous city in Somalia and with our flights, passengers will be able to enjoy Qatar Airways wide network via our home and hub, Hamad International Airport, which was recently voted the Best Airport in the Middle East,” the official said.
According to Al Baker, the service to Mogadishu will be operated by an Airbus A320 featuring 12 seats in Business class and 120 seats in Economy class.
The national carrier of the State of Qatar has led the recovery of international air travel with the airline rebuilding its network to more than 550 weekly flights to over 85 destinations across six continents.
“Qatar Airways remains committed to providing global connectivity to markets across Africa through the launch of new destinations along with the rapid resumption of services suspended due to the pandemic. We look forward to welcoming our passengers back onboard to explore our growing network in Africa.”
The Airbus A320 will operate this service as a tagged flight to its existing operations to Djibouti which resumed last month.
The resumption of three-weekly flights to Mogadishu, Somalia, will see Qatar Airways network in Africa expand to nine destinations. With the addition of Mogadishu, the airline will operate 40 weekly flights to the continent across nine destinations including Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Nairobi, Tunis and Zanzibar.
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