Himalayan News Service

Kathmandu, March 14:

After bilateral discussions between the governments of Qatar and Germany, Qatar Airways is adding capacity between the two countries and plans to introduce freighter services. From the start of the summer 2005 schedules, the airline will increase the number of scheduled passenger flights from six a week to daily, between Doha and Frankfurt. The route will be served with an Airbus A300 in a three-class configuration of first, business and economy. The Doha-Munich-Vienna route, currently operated five-times-a-week, will be de-linked and replaced by non-stop services to both European cities. Munich will continue to be served five-times-a-week with an A300 in a three-class configuration.