QatarA340 From Qatar, joined May 2006, 1602 posts, RR: 7 Posted (9 months 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 4406 times:
Services to the previously announced destination of Belgrade, capital of Serbia, have been confirmed for a November 20 start with a thrice-weekly schedule via Ankara.
Two weeks later, beginning December 5, the airline will add the Polish capital Warsaw to its rapidly-growing European network operating flights four-times-a-week.
smi0006 From Australia, joined Jan 2008, 1382 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (9 months 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 4169 times:
Quoting QatarA340 (Thread starter):
Services to the previously announced destination of Belgrade, capital of Serbia, have been confirmed for a November 20 start with a thrice-weekly schedule via Ankara.
A perfect destination to be in partners with QF with.... Hope the rumoured QR / QF partnership goes through over the QF EK one.
I think QR seems to be on a winning strategy serving these smaller cities with A320s. When the new Doha airport opens and they continue adding destinations and capacity they will certainly have a most impressive hub!
WROORD From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 812 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (9 months 1 week 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3559 times:
Great news for WAW - they got EK and now QR. EK will operate on A330 though so they will have capacity advantage.
Probably good loads to Australia and SE Asia for both carriers.
JoKeR From Serbia, joined Nov 2004, 2155 posts, RR: 9 Reply 5, posted (9 months 1 week 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 3335 times:
Welcome news for BEG - QR is far superior to the "pay it all" that FZ is offering at present with a hideous Terminal 2 arrival in DXB. This FZ-EK collaboration in my opinion does not and will not work, two drastically different products simply kill-off each other - one a full service - premium airline, the other an LCC (albeit better than Ryanair) arriving at the 4th world airport terminal (DXB Terminal 2) ....
QR should do better to Australia, Asia and South Africa with its own metal (vs FZ-EK offer now), though the ESB stop does errode some of the appeal - 2 stops.
Perhaps EY will be next to take the plunge with its own, direct A319 flights to BEG and offering one-stop (AUH) flights between BEG and South Africa, Asia and Australia....
Tupolev160 From Ukraine, joined Oct 2011, 318 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (9 months 1 week 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 3098 times:
Warsaw, "one of the oldest cities of Europe" ?!
The FZ+EK combination in Belgrade is offered at the price of EK on all segments. FZ doubled its prices in one year and enjoys monopoly. No news on JU restarting DXB.
I suggest the thread to be renamed "to Warsaw and Belgrade" or "to Poland and Serbia". "Warsaw and Serbia" makes no sense, Serbia is not a city.
"I think QR seems to be on a winning strategy serving these smaller cities with A320s."
I don't know more than a couple of cities in Australia to which those two cities can be considered "smaller".
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
crazyguineapig From United States of America, joined Mar 2012, 27 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (9 months 1 week 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 3042 times:
Will QR eventually operate to BEG without the stop in Ankara given that they don't have fifth freedom rights for flights between Turkey and Serbia?
And JU won't restart DXB while newer planes don't arrive. There was a plan right before elections in Serbia (typical pre-election stuff that never amounts to anything) that JU was going to lease a pair of 738s and restart BEG-DXB but the govt didn't give them the money for the 8-year lease contract so nothing ever materialised. It's proof, however, that JU may still have wishes in the long term for DXB for the sake of transfer diaspora pax coming from the east and Australia.
WROORD- yes, a lot of the pax going to WAW may very well be coming from Australia and SE Asia as in the case with Belgrade.
Joker-I wish you could be right about EY. They would for sure have both an advantage over QR (because of the technical stop) and FZ because of timing logistics for transfers. Ajmo arapci bogatasi, dodjite u Srbiju da nam olaksas putovanje!
WROORD From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 812 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (9 months 1 week 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2862 times:
Quoting crazyguineapig (Reply 7): Will QR eventually operate to BEG without the stop in Ankara given that they don't have fifth freedom rights for flights between Turkey and Serbia?
In smaller markets they usually start with the stop over. I think their SOF service has a stop over as well.
Tupolev160 From Ukraine, joined Oct 2011, 318 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (9 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 2582 times:
Surprised however that ESB has been reduced from daily to thrice weekly...very surprising. I wonder what happened on that route, where they driven out by TK? Actually it is the same plane that will be operating the two routes cause WAW flies those days when BEG/ESB doesn't...
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
smi0006 From Australia, joined Jan 2008, 1382 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (9 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2139 times:
How are the QR A320s reconfigs going? What is the total fleet and how many have PTVs now? Do they all feature the same business class seats?
I think QR seems to be on a winning heading opening up these smaller routes. It will be interesting to see how the new airport opening in December impact their growth.
WROORD From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 812 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (9 months 1 week 19 hours ago) and read 1876 times:
Quoting smi0006 (Reply 11): How are the QR A320s reconfigs going? What is the total fleet and how many have PTVs now? Do they all feature the same business class seats?
I think that the last A320 is scheduled to be upgraded some time in 2013. Not sure if they will upgrade other types or wait for replacement 787s or 350s.
I would poop in my pants if I ever saw a pic of a Qatar 787 in BEG. That would be too awesome. Although since WAW doesn't have the stopover its very plausible for them to get the occasional widebody.
krisyyz From Canada, joined Nov 2004, 1575 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (9 months 1 week 19 hours ago) and read 1850 times:
Nice! QR is doing well in central & eastern Europe. They've even up-gauged their BUD/ZAG service to a A321 for August and September as higher than usual demand is expected.
Aleksandar From Serbia, joined Jul 2000, 3229 posts, RR: 34 Reply 16, posted (9 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1506 times:
Quoting QatarA340 (Thread starter): Services to the previously announced destination of Belgrade, capital of Serbia, have been confirmed for a November 20 start with a thrice-weekly schedule via Ankara.
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