Doha: Qatar Airways has announced the launch of four weekly flights to Seattle from March 15, 2021, marking the seventh new destination launched by the national carrier of Qatar since the start of the pandemic. The Seattle service will be operated by Airbus A350-900 featuring 36 seats in Qsuite Business Class and 247 seats in Economy Class.
Seattle Flight Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday
Doha (DOH) to Seattle (SEA) QR719 departs: 08:00 arrives: 12:20
Seattle (SEA) to Doha (DOH) QR720 departs: 17:05 arrives: 17:15+1
The airline also announced a frequent flyer partnership with Alaska Airlines. From December 15, 2020, Qatar Airways Privilege Club and Alaska Mileage Plan members will be able to earn frequent flyer miles. The two airlines are also working closely on developing a codeshare agreement and commercial cooperation in line with the US carrier joining oneworld on March 31, 2021.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, H E Akbar Al Baker, said: “Qatar Airways is committed to enhancing connectivity within the US market, and the launch of flights to Seattle, our second new U.S. destination since the onset of the pandemic, epitomises this commitment. We are excited to welcome Washington State’s largest city as our seventh new destination announced this year, and our eleventh U.S. gateway, surpassing the number of destinations we operated in the U.S. pre-COVID19..
“In Alaska Airlines, we will have a very strong partner to connect customers from the U.S. West Coast to Doha and beyond via its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle, complementing our existing strategic partnerships with American Airlines and JetBlue.”
Alaska Air Group Chairman and CEO, Brad Tilden, said: “We’re thrilled to be joining the oneworld alliance and to begin this new partnership with an outstanding airline like Qatar Airways. As more of us resume international air travel next year, we are excited to offer our guests new nonstop service on Qatar Airways from Seattle to Doha, in addition to service to Doha from our hubs in Los Angeles and San Francisco. This partnership opens up tremendous destinations around the world and amazing opportunities for our guests.”
The launch of flights to Seattle in March 2021 will increase Qatar Airways’ US network to 59 weekly flights to 11 destinations in the US, connecting onwards to hundreds of American cities through partnerships with Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and JetBlue. Seattle joins existing US destinations including Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), New York (JFK), Philadelphia (PHL), San Francisco (SFO) and Washington, D.C. (IAD).
Throughout the pandemic, Qatar Airways never stopped flying to the US in order to take more than 260,000 Americans home to their loved ones, with flights to Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth maintained during the entire period.
Qatar Airways currently operates more than 700 weekly flights to over 100 destinations across the globe. By the end of March 2021, Qatar Airways plans to rebuild its network to 126 destinations including 20 in Africa, 11 in the Americas, 29 in Asia-Pacific, 38 in Europe, 13 in India and 15 in the Middle East.
SOURCE: THEPENINSULAQATAR