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Qatar Airways to fly three times a week to Houston
Qatar Airways, which has ordered more than 200 Boeing and Airbus planes valued in excess of $30 billion, will begin flying three times a week nonstop to Houston on November 10.
- Bloomberg
- Published: 19:06 May 7, 2008
Dubai: Qatar Airways, which has ordered more than 200 Boeing and Airbus planes valued in excess of $30 billion, will begin flying three times a week nonstop to Houston on November 10.
The frequency will increase to daily starting in December, Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said in an e-mailed statement.
The carrier expects to increase its fleet to 70 planes by the end of 2008 and 110 in five years, he said.
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