Qatar Airways confirms their third daily flight to New York-JFK

Qatar Airways seems to be smelling capacity and passengers, with the airline planning to add a third daily frequency between Hamad International Airport in Doha to New York JFK airport

The third daily flight will commence on the 30th of October from Doha. It will connect to over 80 destinations at Doha in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia, the new flights will conveniently arrive early morning and depart late evening from New York (JFK).

The combined operation is as below:

Doha to New York-JFK 

QR701 DEPART DOH 08:15 ARRIVE JFK 15:05
QR705 DEPART DOH 15:30 ARRIVE JFK 22:20 
QR703 DEPART DOH 01:25 ARRIVE JFK  08:15 - NEW FLIGHT

New York-JFK – Doha 

QR702 DEPART JFK 20:20 ARRIVE DOH 16:45+1 
QR704 DEPART JFK 10:15 ARRIVE DOH 06:40+1 
QR706 DEPART JFK 01:20 ARRIVE DOH 21:45  - NEW FLIGHT 

Commences 30th October from Doha
QR701, QR703 QR706, QR704 will use a Boeing 777-300ER 
QR705 and QR702 will use a Boeing 777-200LR

With 3 flights per day scheduled in the morning, afternoon and evening, connections should be possible, ranging from Detroit, Raleigh-Durham, Orlando or Tampa, to Doha, Kathmandu, Bangkok or Johannesburg.

Qatar Airways’ strategic partnership with American Airlines also continues to expand with American Airlines launching flights from its Philadelphia hub to Doha, starting 28 October 2023. American Airlines’ new Philadelphia – Doha services, allowing connections to more than 90 cities across North America, the Caribbean and Central America, and to more than 80 cities across Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

In Quotes

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive,  Mr Akbar Al Baker said:

“We continue to offer seamless connectivity to our passengers from the U.S. market and beyond with the support of our strategic partners. Our unwavering commitment to our longstanding U.S. partners, American Airlines, JetBlue and Alaska Airlines is built on our mission to connect the world through our hub to our 160 destinations and more. We look forward to building more connections and uniting global passengers from across the world.” 

Adding frequency to the network

Qatar Airways has a big footprint in the USA already, serving Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York-JFK, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington-Dulles.

The expansion of services to New York shows that there is still plenty of connecting traffic to be hoovered up, along with the demand to fill it, with a 777-300ER’s worth of passengers being able to be carried.

And depending on slots, other Middle East airlines might be sniffing out more passengers for their services too, if they can get competitive slots.

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