Air Botswana and Qatar Airways enter codeshare agreement
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| Air Botswana Turboprop |
Air
Botswana has entered a code-share partnership with Qatar Airways
offering travellers enhanced access to three key destinations in
Botswana, Southern Africa.
The partnership with Air Botswana will provide
Qatar Airways passengers with connections to the Botswana cities of
Gaborone, Francistown and Maun via Qatar Airways’ South Africa gateway
Johannesburg (JHB). Qatar Airways operates twice-daily flights between
Johannesburg and its ultra modern hub at Hamad International Airport, Doha, (DOH) with onward flights to more than 150 destinations across the globe.
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| Terminal area at Doha's ultra - modern Hamad International Airport |
The new code-share agreement allows business and
leisure travellers fast and convenient access to the home of Botswana’s
rich mineral industry, abundant game reserves, and luxury safari lodges.
Botswana’s luxurious tourism experiences are complemented by Qatar
Airways’ ultra-modern fleet of aircraft featuring the world’s best
Business Class on services to South Africa.
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| Qatar Airway Airbus A380 |
Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al
Baker, said: “Our new code-share agreement with Air Botswana will offer
even greater opportunities for passengers from across our global
network, especially from key markets in Europe and Asia to easily
connect with popular destinations in Botswana, to take advantage of
exclusive leisure experiences.
“Code-share partnerships and airline alliances
continue to play an important role for Qatar Airways. We are committed
to serving the travel needs of the African market and the addition of
Air Botswana flights to Qatar Airways’ route network is an important
expansion of our network.”
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| Qatar Airways Jet in Oneworld Alliance Livery |
The Southern African region is an important market
for Qatar Airways, with three destinations in South Africa including
Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, and on the east Maputo in
Mozambique. Expansion in this region is a key focus for Qatar Airways,
having launched services to the Namibian capital Windhoek on 28
September, with Lusaka in Zambia to follow, and the resumption of
services to the Seychelles in December 2016.
Air Botswana’s acting general manager, Agnes
Khunwana, said: “We are delighted to join forces with a renowned global
airline like Qatar Airways to launch code-share services to a number of
Botswana cities. This partnership provides Qatar Airways’ passengers
with easy and direct access to a number of key business and high-end
leisure destinations across Botswana while providing easy access to
Qatar Airways’ global network for the people of Gaborone, Francistown
and Maun when booking directly with Qatar Airways. We look forward to
working closely with Qatar Airways into the future.”
"Good Job, Air Botswana, we are rooting for you and hope this new relationship will usher in enhanced benefits to your company"
QT
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