Lxsaab2000 From Switzerland, joined Feb 2004, 325 posts, RR: 1 Posted (7 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 2512 times:
Starting from 2nd Dec QR will begin 3 weekly flights to MAD with AB6 as an extension of the actual flights they have to FCO (routing is DOH-FCO-MAD-FCO-DOH)
QR 85 DOH MAD 12.35 p.m. 08.00 p.m. (Fri.)
QR 81 DOH MAD 00.50 a.m. 08.15 a.m. (Sun.)
QR 85 DOH MAD 12.35 p.m. 08.00 p.m. (Mon.)
QR 86 MAD DOH 08.55 p.m. 07.10 a.m. (Fri.)
QR 82 MAD DOH 09.25 a.m. 07.40 p.m. (Sun.)
QR 86 MAD DOH 09.05 p.m. 07.20 a.m. (Mon.)
Anyway QR will also continue to fly only to FCO on Wed. as DOH-FCO-DOH service.
Thorben From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (7 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 2439 times:
It's true, EK doesn't serve Spain at all. That is surprising to me, I guess that would be because of lack of aircraft. Actually a smart move by QR to service MAD then, they don't have EK competition there, yet, and can build up customer relationships there before EK starts.
IB787 From Spain, joined Jun 2005, 126 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (7 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 2331 times:
Quoting Lxsaab2000 (Thread starter): Starting from 2nd Dec QR will begin 3 weekly flights to MAD with AB6 as an extension of the actual flights they have to FCO (routing is DOH-FCO-MAD-FCO-DOH)
I heard a lot about QR comming to MAD... do you have any official sources?
Thorben From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (7 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2167 times:
Quoting CV580Freak (Reply 7): This is a major problem for both QR and EK and is stopping a lot of their European and US/Americas expansion plans.
But how about the airports DXB and DOH? I heard that Doha will get a new one and that QR doesn't want its A380s before that (around 2009). And EK will have to move to this Djebel Ali airport if they want to use all those planes they ordered, right?
JoFMO From Germany, joined Jul 2004, 2211 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (7 years 7 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2143 times:
Quoting AF022 (Reply 11): What is with the stupid schedules? Is it that difficult to schedule 3 weekly flights at the same time?
QR is still too small of an airline. They have 2 main banks at their hub and many of their destinations are not yet served daily. So this Madrid flight is planned in the way that every bank is at least connected once a week to MAD. QR has to grow even further before they can make their schedule simpler.
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 22, posted (7 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1815 times:
Quoting CV580Freak (Reply 3): Not before time as Spain is poorly served from the Middle East with neither EK or GF operating direct services.
Quoting Thorben (Reply 4): It's true, EK doesn't serve Spain at all. That is surprising to me, I guess that would be because of lack of aircraft. Actually a smart move by QR to service MAD then, they don't have EK competition there, yet, and can build up customer relationships there before EK starts.
give it some time..don't be surprised to see a DXB-MAD flight with an a 330-200 then a 777-200 then a 777-300!!
Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61 Reply 24, posted (7 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1747 times:
I think you are pushing your luck a bit too much with that one..they will probably go two-a-day first before bringing in the Wooly Mammoth...
"Up the Irons!"
25 Yago: Great news for Madrid. What a great option to fly from MAD to FCO. I did it once with Thai and it was ok but not much more. I would also love to see a
26 Avianca: hope that, and I think they will start once possible... regards Avianca
27 IberiaA319: Is there really so much traffic between Qatar (or Middle East) and Spain? How many Spanish passengers will use Doha as a transfer city (or gateway) if
28 IB787: You are wrong with that, TG flights to Madrid are working very fine. Now we have 3/w MAD-FCO-BKK + 1/w non-stop MAD-BKK (2/w next summer) all operate
29 AirMale: Plus if QR is sucessfull in MAD, flights will become nonstop to DOH very quickly. A year ago QR was serving 54 destinations, now Madrid will be it's 6
30 Thorben: The old frequency issue. I guess they'll send two planes per day, but some that come from TLS, which is not too far from MAD. These planes feel home
31 Yago: Is there really so much traffic between Qatar (or Middle East) and Spain? How many Spanish passengers will use Doha as a transfer city (or gateway) if
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