{"id":25292,"date":"2022-08-09T17:24:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T11:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=25292"},"modified":"2022-08-09T17:24:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T11:54:08","slug":"qatar-airways-has-resumed-flight-to-saudi-arabia-qassim-breaking-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/09\/qatar-airways-has-resumed-flight-to-saudi-arabia-qassim-breaking-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways has resumed flight to  Saudi Arabia, Qassim | Breaking news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Qatar Airways now operates over 100 weekly flights to Saudi Arabia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Qatar Airways will resume flights to Qassim, Saudi Arabia, on August 22nd with a thrice-weekly service. The city marks the Doha-based airline&#8217;s fifth route restarted since Qatar and Saudi Arabia normalized relations in early 2021 and lifted a blockade on flights. Before the blockade in 2017, Qatar Airways flew to 10 destinations in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hamad-international-airport\">Hamad International Airport <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hamad_International_Airport_Qatar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hamad_International_Airport_Qatar.jpg 612w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hamad_International_Airport_Qatar-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Hamad_International_Airport_Qatar-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Hamad International Airport | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning August 22nd,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qatarairways.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Qatar Airways<\/a>&nbsp;will fly 3 flights weekly from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamad_International_Airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doha Hamad International Airport (DOH)<\/a>&nbsp;to Qassim (ELQ). This will rise to 4x weekly from September 2nd onwards. Qatar plans on operating an&nbsp;Airbus A320&nbsp;for the 1 hour and 55-minute journey with the following schedule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-list\"><li>QR1196: Departs DOH at 16:35 and comes in ELQ at 18:30 on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday.<\/li><li>QR1197: Departs ELQ at 19:30 and comes in DOH at 21:05 on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The A320-200 features 144 seats, with 12 in recliner-style business class and 132 in 3-3 economy. Given this is a sub-two-hour journey, the lack of a flatbed is unlikely to bother passengers and the well-padded, old-school recliners should be more than enough for the travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-qatar-airways\">Qatar Airways <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Qatar Airways (QR) has scheduled the Qassim flight in line with its late-night European and North American departures, hoping to attract as many connecting passengers as possible. Before the blockade in 2017, QR had made a bustling business of connecting travelers out of Saudi Arabian cities and across the world, with ten cities on its network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the&nbsp;end of the blockade in January 2021, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qatarairways.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qatar Airways<\/a> has been slowly rebuilding this network and now has 101 weekly flights between the 2 countries over 5 cities. As traffic resumes, we can slowly hope to see other suspended routes such as Yanbu and Tabuk return as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/28\/air-china-restart-international-commercial-flights-after-the-covid-19-isolation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China restarts International commercial flights after the Covid-19 isolation<\/a>       <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/08\/bangladeshs-meghna-aviation-signs-a-deal-for-1-bell-505-and-1-bell-407gxi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bangladesh\u2019s Meghna Aviation signs a deal for 1 Bell 505 and 1 Bell 407GXi<\/a>  <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/19\/karnataka-government-break-buildings-taller-than-45m-near-jakkur-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karnataka Government: Break buildings taller than 45m near Jakkur airport<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to Qassim flights, QR is adding another four weekly flights to and from Riyadh, taking the total to 20. Given the strong demand this summer, there are now nearly 3 daily flights from DOH-RUH, nearly the same as in 2017 (4x daily). For now, the resumption shows no signs of slowing down, with demand building as passengers can finally travel abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Qatar Airways is making the most of its short-haul opportunities, the airline is struggling with a lack of widebody capacity on long-haul routes. The&nbsp;ongoing bitter legal dispute with Airbus&nbsp;has seen its entire A350 order now revoked and 28 of 53 aircraft parked up. This stems from QR&#8217;s claim that paint chipping on the outer surface of the aircraft is a safety risk, which Airbus argues against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A350-XWB-Qatar-Airways-in-flight-5-1-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A350-XWB-Qatar-Airways-in-flight-5-1-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A350-XWB-Qatar-Airways-in-flight-5-1-600x359.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A350-XWB-Qatar-Airways-in-flight-5-1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A350-XWB-Qatar-Airways-in-flight-5-1-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A350-XWB-Qatar-Airways-in-flight-5-1-1536x919.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A350-XWB-Qatar-Airways-in-flight-5-1-750x449.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A350-XWB-Qatar-Airways-in-flight-5-1-1140x682.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A350-XWB-Qatar-Airways-in-flight-5-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Qatar Airways | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moreover, Boeing&#8217;s ongoing pause of 787 deliveries means the airline has not been able to add any of the remaining 23 787-9s that were due for delivery. This has forced Qatar Airways to bring the A380 back into service, a plane CEO Akbar al-Baker has criticized for its inefficiency. 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