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Qatar Airways To Mozambique

QatarA340 From Qatar, joined May 2006, 1602 posts, RR: 7
Posted (11 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 4589 times:

QR just announced thrice weekly services to Mozambique via Johanesburg operated by the flagship Boeing 777 from October. Isn't it a huge detour? http://m.arabianbusiness.com/qatar-a...ium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

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Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18844 posts, RR: 54
Reply 1, posted (11 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 4526 times:

Interesting! Thanks.

Quoting QatarA340 (Thread starter):
Isn't it a huge detour?

Nope. 270mi as the crow flies.

Will the routing be DOH-JNB-MPM-DOH or DOH-JNB-MPM-JNB-DOH?

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ASA From Bangladesh, joined Dec 2010, 390 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (11 months 1 week 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 4460 times:

Not really ... GC Map shows the detour is just 270 miles.

QR DOH-JNB-MPM

QatarA340 From Qatar, joined May 2006, 1602 posts, RR: 7
Reply 3, posted (11 months 1 week 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 4297 times:

Quoting ASA (Reply 2):

Oh thanks ! I thought that Mozambique was actually Madagascar until you showed me the map

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HB-IWC From Greece, joined Sep 2000, 4414 posts, RR: 76
Reply 4, posted (11 months 1 week 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 4151 times:

These are likely to be the three terminator services to JNB that will be extended to MPM. The aircraft sits in JNB for 6 hours right now. The other 4 JNB services already extend to CPT. This move is more a sign that QR is unable to fill the JNB service as a terminator than anything else.

[Edited 2012-06-20 09:10:23]

Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18844 posts, RR: 54
Reply 5, posted (11 months 1 week 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 4109 times:

Quoting HB-IWC (Reply 4):
that will be extended to MFM.

Good luck doing that in a few hours. :P

"Everyone writing for the Telegraph knows that the way to grab eyeballs is with Ryanair and/or sex."

migair54 From Spain, joined Jun 2007, 1279 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (11 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 3899 times:

I don´t see the logic of this.... operating a B777 on such a short route will be terribly expensive and I don´t think that it will last long.... Codesharing it´s a more logical option.

What about a direct flight from Doha to Nanpula then Maputo with an A319, or even sending an A330 to DOH-DAR-MPM. the morning flight DOH-NBO-DAR I think I heard that it will change to DOH-NBO-JRO, so why no upgrading DAR, that QR planes are always full.

sq_ek_freak From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2000, 1584 posts, RR: 21
Reply 7, posted (11 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 3587 times:

Does MPM command the international traffic/cargo to justify this flight, even as a tag on from JNB? Or are QR's JNB flights suffering so much that they are willing try any tag within the geographic area in an effort to boost loads?

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Flying Belgian From Belgium, joined Jun 2001, 2360 posts, RR: 10
Reply 8, posted (11 months 1 week 21 hours ago) and read 1607 times:

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TP used to tag-on two of its JNB flights to MPM (A343).

Mozambique economy is booming right now (as Angola's, both are the objects of numerous positive news reports here in the European media).
The flow of Portuguese migrants keeps growing right now (incredible, but European crisis permitting..!!) . So I think it's rather odd to open that route without LIS connection. Just my opinion.

I assume they rather target the Asia-Mozambique traffic.

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HB-IWC From Greece, joined Sep 2000, 4414 posts, RR: 76
Reply 9, posted (11 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 1412 times:

Quoting Flying Belgian (Reply 8):
I assume they rather target the Asia-Mozambique traffic.

I assume they picked Mozambique because they can't fill the JNB terminator and LUN, HRE and DUR were already taken by EK, which left them with WDH, GBE and MPM to choose from.

sq_ek_freak From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2000, 1584 posts, RR: 21
Reply 10, posted (11 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 1382 times:

Quoting HB-IWC (Reply 9):

I assume they picked Mozambique because they can't fill the JNB terminator and LUN, HRE and DUR were already taken by EK, which left them with WDH, GBE and MPM to choose from.

Interestingly enough, I recently read an article from the Namibia Times that said that while EK are not looking to fly into WDH per se, they are looking to expand their code share agreements with Air Namibia:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201206191183.html

Perhaps QR saw this and decided to avoid WDH? Am I wrong to say that WDH is probably a more viable destination than MPM for QR? With WDH QR could have at least tapped into FRA for connections...

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