Qatar Airways launches Dreamliner flight between Edinburgh and Doha

Qatar Airways the flag carrier of Qatar offers new nonstop five day a week service between Edinburgh and Doha from 28^th May. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft will fly throughout the year on the route and will provide connections to more than 136 different destinations. The flight will take less than seven hours.

According to Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airlines chief executive, the new service between Edinburgh and Doha will not only benefit the local market in Scotland but also attracts a significant amount of business and trade links for those wishing to travel to Edinburgh from all corners of the world. The service will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. He further added that one reason for choosing Edinburgh was that Glasgow already has a link to the Middle East with Emirates flying to Dubai.

Qatar Airlines already flies to London and Manchester in the UK and currently serves 136 destinations around the world. It is one of the fastest growing commercial flight operators and has recently announced plans to expand with new services to Cyprus, Miami and Philidelphia airports in the coming months.