QA doubles flights to New York City

Qatar Airways has announced the addition of a second daily, non-stop flight on its route between John F Kennedy Airport (JFK) in New York City and Hamad International Airport (HIA) in Doha. The route features the Airbus A350 and a new morning departure time from JFK, allowing passengers to arrive in Doha in the following morning.The airline has been operating in the US for nine years and recently added a daily, non-stop service to Boston. It will also commence a service to Atlanta on June 1.Akbar al-Baker, chief executive, Qatar Airways Group, said: “By offering a second flight from JFK, we provide our leisure and business travellers with convenient connections, via Doha, to top destinations in Africa, the Middle East, Southeast  Asia and the Far East.“In particular, business travel between New York City and Singapore on Qatar Airways is now one of our most popular routes, offering business travellers a best-in-class experience featuring the Airbus 350 on every leg of the journey.”Qatar Airways was the global launch partner of the A350 in 2015. The airline currently operates eight of the advanced aircraft on four continents, including routes to Frankfurt, Munich, Singapore, and from next month, Adelaide. In the US, the A350 currently operates to Philadelphia and Boston, in addition to the second daily flight to New York’s JFK International Airport. The second daily flight departs JFK from Terminal 7 at 11.15am and arrives in Doha at 6.45am (next day). The new flight to New York City arrives in JFK’s Terminal 7 at 9.15am. Terminal 7 is also home to other oneworld members, including British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Iberia, and Qantas. Qatar Airways will continue to operate its evening route, scheduled to depart New York at 11pm, from Terminal 8.Following is the daily, non-stop flight schedule: QR701 departing HIA at 8.15am and reaching JFK at 3.15pm (Terminal 8, Boeing 777-300ER), QR702 departing JFK at 10pm and reaching HIA at 5.35pm next day (Terminal 8, Boeing 777-300ER), QR703 departing HIA at 2.25am and reaching JFK at 9.15am (Terminal 7, Airbus A350-900), and QR704 departing JFK at 11.15am and reaching HIA at 6.45am next day (Terminal 7, Airbus A350-900).