Foreign airline offers travel promotion for 100th destination launch

Doha, QATAR – Taking the level of excitement to new heights, Qatar Airways has unveiled the long-awaited highlight of its 100^th destination launch campaign – a ‘two for the price of one’ ticket offer marking the biggest promotion in its 14-year history.

The Doha-based carrier has reached the historic milestone of 100 destinations on April with the start of flights to the Syrian city of Aleppo.

In celebration of the significant achievement, Qatar Airways launched the 48-hour global promotion from midnight Wednesday.

Starting from April 6 (at 00:01 hours) to 7 April 2011 (at 23:59 hours) customers from around the world can book two tickets for the price of one on qatarairways.com/100. Bookings are based on the time zone they are booking from.

This never-seen-before Qatar Airways offer is valid for travel between May 1 and June 10 with travel to be completed by June 11.

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Office Akbar Al Baker said: “The launch of our 100^th destination is a great milestone in the success story of Qatar Airways. “Since our re-launch just over 14 years ago, the airline has grown from strength to strength at a phenomenal pace, and this remarkable achievement of reaching 100 destinations would not have been possible without the loyal support of our customers, who have supported our business over the years.

“Our 100^th destination launch is a perfect opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to all our customers, valued partners, corporate and leisure travellers for making Qatar Airways their airline of choice.

“Through this amazing global promotion, we are pleased to give back and to share this historic moment with our customers. It is also a great way for those who have never flown with Qatar Airways before to try our service and see how our Five Star service sets us apart from others,” added Al Baker.

The fabulous offer is the ultimate highlight of an array of promotions for travellers around the world to celebrate Qatar Airways’ 100^th destination launch.

In addition, to the “two for one” offer, Qatar Airways is running an online competition until April 16 qatarairways.com/100 for which customers may sign up for a chance to win one of 100 pairs of free tickets to any destination of their choice on Qatar Airways’ network. Customers have extra chances to win free tickets if they refer the offer to friends.

Furthermore, the airline’s frequent flyer loyalty programme, Privilege Club, is offering members 10,000 bonus Qmiles and a special discount of 25 percent on award tickets redeemed at qmiles.com. For Qatar Airways’ QNB co-branded credit card holders, up to 3,000 additional bonus Qmiles are on offer. Further details on these offers are available at qatarairways.com/100

Qatar Airways Holidays, the airline’s tour operating division, is introducing an attractive Doha stop-over package at special rates, giving travellers a chance to explore the sights of Qatar before continuing to their onward destinations. These packages are available via qatarairways.com/100-offers.

Qatar Airways flies to a wide range of key business and leisure destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America with a modern fleet of 97 aircraft.

Qatar Airways is ranked the third best airline among the top 10 carriers in the world in the prestigious annual Skytrax audit of global passenger travel. Ranked Five Star for excellence by Skytrax, the airline’s competitive product focuses on comfort, cuisine, in-flight entertainment, award-winning in-flight service and a fleet of aircraft that is young and modern averaging just less than four years old.

Qatar Airways’ 2011 expansion highlights are:

New Routes:

• ALEPPO, April 6^th 4-flights-a-week, airline’s 100^th destination
• SHIRAZ, June 5^th Twice-weekly flights – carrier’s third destination in Iran
• VENICE, June 15^th Daily flights take Italian network up to three cities
• MONTREAL, June 29^th Airline’s debut in Canada with introduction of thrice-weekly flights
• KOLKATA, July 27^th Daily flights take airline’s Indian network up to 12 destinations
• SOFIA, September 14^th 4-flights-a-week strengthen Eastern European presence
• OSLO, October 5^th 5-flights-a-week – airline’s third Scandinavian route