Qatar Airways continues to expand its operations to Athens, with the announcement that the airline is to operate a three-times daily service between Doha and Athens.
Qatar airways A330 landing at Heathrow – Image, Economy Class and Beyond.
The Doha based airline will offer a 3rd daily flight operating late at night from the 1st June, adding an Airbus A320’s worth of passengers to the route.
The combined timetable looks like this:
Doha to Athens QR201 DEPART DOH 07:30 ARRIVE ATH 12:05 Airbus A330-300 QR203 DEPART DOH 13:10 ARRIVE ATH 17:50 Airbus A321 QR207 DEPART DOH 19:30 ARRIVE ATH 00:10+1 Airbus A320 Athens to Doha QR208 DEPART ATH 01:10 ARRIVE DOH 05:40 Airbus A320 QR202 DEPART ATH 14:05 ARRIVE DOH 18:25 Airbus A330-300 QR204 DEPART ATH 19:15 ARRIVE DOH 23:45 Airbus A321 Commences 1st June 2015 Equipment varies on time - check before flying QR201/202 will operate with an Airbus A330-300 from 1st July (A320 before) Data: Airlineroute
The late night departure should dovetail with the morning bank of flights from Doha – whilst the other flights connect with the rest of Qatar Airways network.
For those with oneworld frequent flyer cards, it’s another flight to a useful European destination. Never a bad thing.
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