Qatar Airways to operate 150 Match Day Shuttle flights within GCC
A total of 150 daily Match Day Shuttle flights will operate from the GCC countries, including Oman, to cater to the large number of sports fans from across the world who will be heading to Qatar to enjoy the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The host nation is all set to welcome around 1.5 million visitors during the tournament.
In an exclusive interview with Times of Oman, Dersenish Aresandiran – VP Sales-ME, Caucasus, Pakistan & Afghanistan, Qatar Airways, outlined the importance of Hayya Cards and how Qatar plans to unite the world cup fans from all over the globe
To cater to the influx of fans arriving in Doha this November, Hamad International Airport has switched their operating model from hub-and-spoke to point-to-point which will allow even distribution of flights and passenger traffic across the day. Furthermore, the upcoming Hamad International Airport expansion will link the North Node to the new central concourse and will increase the terminal’s handling capacity to more than 58 million passengers and will span across a total of 240,000sqm. Additionally, the Doha International Airport has been made operational and will be welcoming more than 150 daily Match Day Shuttle flights from the GCC countries including Oman.
Qatar Airways have partnered with Oman Air among other carriers in the GCC region to operate the Match Day Shuttle, which is a service designed with the purpose of connecting fans seamlessly to Qatar so they can attend their respective matches, capture the sights and sounds of the host country, before departing Doha on the same day. Match Day Shuttle tickets are available at extremely competitive prices with flights at frequencies from different GCC countries, including Muscat.
