Qatar Airways plans to increase flights between Doha, Qatar, and Da Nang from four to seven flights per week in the second quarter of this year, just a year after the air route was launched in December 2018.

A Qatar Airways aircraft stops at Da Nang International Airport.

The city’s tourism department said increasing flights from Doha would help boost tourism and investment among central destinations in Viet Nam, the Middle East and 150 global destinations of the Qatar Airways’ network.

The airline also brought 170 tourists to the city on the first day of 2020.

The Da Nang-Doha air route is the only non-stop flight from central Viet Nam to Qatar and the Middle East, using the Boeing 787-8 aircraft with 254 seats.

Qatar Airways began direct services to HCM City in 2007, and launched its Ha Noi service in 2010. Currently, the airline provides twice-daily direct flights to Viet Nam’s capital city and 10 weekly flights to HCM City.

In 2017, Qatar Airways announced its interline partnership with Viet Nam-based budget carrier Vietjet Air, allowing Qatar Airways’ passengers to travel to and from points in Viet Nam not served directly by Qatar Airways using a single reservation across both airlines’ networks.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)