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(1) Qatar Airways announces Doha – Yerevan regular flights
PanARMENIAN.Net - Qatar Airways will offer four-times weekly nonstop flights between Doha and Yerevancommencing May 15, the airline announced. Speaking at the launch of Qatar Airways’ new scheduled service to Los Angeles this month, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker commented that passengers on the new direct service to and from Yerevan will benefit from easier access to the rest of the world via Qatar Airways’ global network.
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The airline’s expanding global reach, including its newest USA destinations in 2016 of Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta, and significant growth of its modern fleet has enabled the airline to offer this new service to Armenia. Al Baker further said: “With the new service to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, Qatar Airways is again enhancing its worldwide footprint and expanding travel opportunities for business and leisure passengers alike.” Passengers flying from Yerevan and onwards to any of Qatar Airways more than 150 destinations will enjoy a quick and convenient transfer at Hamad International Airport, the newest airport hub in the world. The airline will fly the A320 aircraft direct to and from Yerevan on the four-weekly schedule, featuring a two-class cabin configuration comprising of 12 seats in Business Class and 132 Economy Class seats. Qatar Airways, the national carrier of the State of Qatar, is one of the fastest growing airlines operating one of the youngest fleets in the world. Now in its 19th year of operations, Qatar Airways has a modern fleet of 175 aircraft flying to more than 150 key business and leisure destinations across six continents. The airline has won a plethora of awards including being voted by passengers as the Airline of the Year for the third time and Best Airline in the Middle East for the ninth time at the 2015 Skytrax Awards in June.
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Turkish airlines flights departs Ireland hours after making 'false alarm' emergency landing
Turkish Airlines flight TK-34 departed Houston, Texas at 9.07pm local time on Saturday (4.07am Irish time Sunday) and was due in Istanbul, Turkey at around 3.45pm Irish time. There were 227 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 777300 jet. It's understood that the crew became aware of the bomb threat after a written note was discovered on board. Upon examination, no explosives were later found on the flight, and the flight departed Ireland this evening.
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(2) In a statement tonight, Turkish Airlines confirmed: "The plane has continued its flight after the termination of necessary procedures, as it has been understood that it was a false alert. It has already departed from Shannon Airport." Before landing earlier today, the crew informed their operations centre who in turn alerted authorities in Ireland. The pilot requested permission to divert and land at Shannon and was cleared to reroute to the mid west airport. With the flight still almost two hours from Shannon, the airports emergency plan was put into action. Units of the local authority fire service from Shannon and Ennis were sent to the airport as back up to the airport's own fire and rescue service. Ambulances from Ennis and Limerick were also mobilised along with GardaĂ. The Irish Coast Guard was also alerted to the incident and placed the RNLI lifeboat based at Kilrush on standby until the flight had safely crossed the west coast. At around. 10.20am Irish time, the crew made radio contact with controllers at the Irish Aviation Authority's North Atlantic Communications Centre at Ballygirreen in Co Clare. The crew issued a Pan-Pan distressed call and requested permission to dump fuel over the Atlantic to ensure they touched down within safe landing weight levels. The flight landed safely at around 11.02am.
ادارة العالقات العامة -الشركة القابضة لمصر للطيران