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| Source: Qatar Airways. |
The largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand, Chiang Mai will be the fourth city in the Asian country to be served by Qatar Airways, which currently flies to Bangkok and Phuket, and will commence flights to Krabi on 6 December. With the addition of Krabi and Chiang Mai to its network Qatar Airways will increase its flights to Thailand from 39 to 48 per week by the end of 2016.
Qatar Airways Senior Vice President East Asia & South West Pacific Marwan Koleilat said: “As we are constantly expanding our network in Southeast Asia, the popular tourist destination of Thailand is an obvious target for growth. We have seen increased travel demand for our services to Thailand and now with the introduction of our award-winning product to popular secondary cities such as Chiang Mai and Krabi, we provide overseas visitors and tour operators with greater flexibility and ease of travel when designing their Thailand holiday itineraries.”
Flight Schedule:
QR918 departs Doha (DOH) to Chiang Mai (CNX) at 2:30am and arrives 2:55pm
QR919 departs Chiang Mai (CNX) to Doha (DOH) at 4:45pm and arrives: 10:15pm.
The Airbus A330-200 has 24 seats in the Business Class cabin with a 2-2-2 configuration and 180-degree (fully-flat) bed. The Economy Class cabin features 236 seats in a 2-4-2 / 2-3-2 configuration, with a 32" seat pitch and 18.5" seat width. Qatar Airways currently has 15 A330-200s in its fleet of 185 aircraft and has been operating this aircraft type since 2002.
The launch of flights to Chiang Mai comes at a time when Qatar Airways is rapidly expanding its network. The airline will inaugurate 14 new destinations on its route map throughout 2016 and into early 2017. Other new destination launches in Asia Pacific include Auckland on 6 February 2017.
