Our strategic alliances and partnerships make a vital contribution to our expansion. The year 2022/2023, in particular, saw Qatar Airways develop and deepen alliances with a number of leading airlines which include: British Airways, IndiGo, JetBlue, Malaysia Airlines, South Africa’s Airlink, and Virgin Australia.
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GLOThe Qatar Airways Group has experienced an extraordinarily successful year marked by a series of remarkable achievements throughout the business. Our country’s long-held dream of organising the FIFA World CupTM finally became a reality and Qatar took centre stage for hosting the world’s most prestigious sporting event. After more than a decade of preparations and hard work, we brought fans from around the world, as the Official Airline Partner, to witness the amazing FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive: “Our country’s long-held dream of organising the FIFA World CupTM finally became a reality and Qatar took centre stage for hosting the world’s most prestigious sporting event”.
As the global travel industry continued its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, we consolidated our position as the airline of choice for millions of passengers across the globe, consistently maintaining high levels of service, trust, reliability and confidence.
With the air transport industry anxious to recover from the crisis, a normalisation in the aviation activity was under way. During the 2022/2023 financial year, we have seen continual easing of COVID-19 restrictions and a stronger demand for travel, and we have extended our capacity and operations in lockstep with this growth.
We consolidated our position as the airline of choice for millions of passengers across the globe, consistently maintaining high levels of trust, reliability and confidence.
We have continued to adjust and adapt to keep the business needs in harmony and our commitment to deliver our five-star service to passengers.
As a result, we resumed flights to key markets such as Perth, Australia, and Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Additionally, we expanded our operations to new destinations such as Düsseldorf, Germany and Santorini, Greece.
Our Commercial team’s performance is a key factor in this fiscal year’s success and one that drives our competitive positioning in the market.
Their innovation and focus provide Qatar Airways Group with the ability to connect with customers and shape products and services in an unparalleled manner in the industry.
Our strategic alliances and partnerships make a vital contribution to our expansion. The year 2022/2023, in particular, saw Qatar Airways develop and deepen alliances with a number of leading airlines which include: British Airways, IndiGo, JetBlue, Malaysia Airlines, South Africa’s Airlink, and Virgin Australia.
Qatar Airways’ relationship with British Airways remained a special one. This year we completed the latest phase in the extension of our strategic partnership, offering exceptional global connectivity between more countries.
This phase brings the total number of destinations served by Qatar Airways and British Airways to 185 across more than 60 countries. This is an important milestone in our ambition to provide customers with access to the most extensive route network in the industry and Qatar Airways’ unrivalled and award-winning products.
The Qatar Airways Group remains steadfast in its ambition to demonstrate leadership in environmental sustainability and its commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and achieve carbon neutrality.
In April 2022, the airline launched its voluntary carbon offset programme for corporate customers, allowing our customers to choose to lower their footprint. Additionally, we bolstered our position as a leader in sustainable aviation through becoming the first airline in the Middle East and Africa to sign an off-take agreement with Gevo, the sustainable aviation fuel producer for 25 million US gallons of neat Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) over the course of five years with the initial deliveries to airports in California scheduled for 2028.
As a group, we will demonstrate our commitment by taking a leading role in protecting the planet for future generations, and ensuring these issues are firmly embedded in our corporate culture and customer-facing services.
In May 2022, Qatar Airways participated in leading industry events such as the Arabian Travel Market in the UAE to showcase the revolutionary Qsuite and the “QVerse’, our very own virtual reality experience.
The group continues to adopt new tools and technologies that help maintain our competitive edge and ensuring continued excellence in everything we do.
During the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) 2022, Qatar Executive was in the spotlight through exhibiting one of its ultra-modern Gulfstream G650ER aircraft.
“We take our responsibility to care for the environment seriously and sustainability is at the forefront of our business planning across the group”, H.E. Mr. Akbar Al Baker, Group Chief Executive, Qatar Airways Group.
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