Qatar Airways celebrates Malta route opening in style

Qatar Airways has expanded its route network over the past two years despite a blockade of the Gulf state’s airspace by it's neighbours, the company CEO said.


Akbar Al Baker was speaking at a VIP dinner at the Malta Hilton where the airline formally celebrated the opening of a new Malta route.

Al Baker said Qatar Airways had a fleet of more than 250 aircraft with an average age of five years that serviced more than 160 destinations. The airline operates via its hub, Hamad International Airport, in Doha, Qatar.
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“This is what the illegal blockade did to us… we continued to expand,” Al Baker told guests. He was referring to the airspace blockade imposed on Qatar two years ago by Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf region.

The Malta-Doha route started operating last month with daily flights during the summer months. Malta also joined the Qatar Airways air freight network, with the carrier’s cargo arm offering a total capacity of 21 tonnes to and from Malta each week.

In winter the flight schedule will scale down to four flights per week.

The VIP dinner was attended by President George Vella, Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi, Economy Minister Chris Cardona and Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela.

Malta officially known as the Republic of Malta  is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.  It lies 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya. With a population of about 475,000 over an area of 316 km2 (122 sq mi)

 Malta is the world's tenth smallest  and fifth most densely populated country. Its capital is Valletta, which is the smallest national capital in the European Unionby area at 0.8 km². The official languages are Maltese and English, with Maltese officially recognised as the national language and the only Semitic language in the European Union



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