India-US flights from Qatar Air

4 June, 2007:

Qatar Airways will start a new premium class service connecting seven major Indian cities with New York and Washington in June-July 2007.

The service would use Doha as a mid-point hub and provide a host of high-end facilities, said a report. The airline currently operates daily flights from six cities in India. Of these, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Kochi will be connected to Washington via Doha from July 19, said the report. Though the airline is yet to announce its fares to the US, it is likely that those for the premium class may start from Rs 180,000, while that for the economy class may start at Rs 45,000, exclusive of taxes.

Mumbai and Chennai will be connected to New York via Doha from June 26, 2007 onwards. From Doha the airline will have a technical stop at Geneva which is the airline's second destination in Switzerland after Zurich. Meanwhile, the airline has ruled out plans to connect Thiruvananthapuram, their sixth destination in the country, with any US city. However, it is likely that Ahmedabad and Nagpur might be connected with US cities later on in the year.