Will Qatar Airways make it 8?

Last year Qatar Airways bagged its seventh ‘Airline of the Year’ accolade at the 2022 World Airline Awards managed by the international air transport rating institution, Skytrax. On the back of such a track record, here at Destination Magazine Zimbabwe, we are wondering if they are going to make it a record of eight gongs this year.

In April, Skytrax announced that the 2023 awards will take place in the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace (Air and Space Museum) at the Paris Air Show on 20 June.

At the Internationale Tourismusborse Berlin (ITB Berlin) 2023 held between 8 and 12 March at the Berlin Expo Center City, Qatar Airways revealed seven new destinations, 11 resumptions and 35 frequency increases. In effect we are looking at the addition of over 655 weekly flights to the summer 2023 schedule compared to 2022.

ITB Berlin is the world’s biggest travel and tourism trade show bringing together a range of exhibitors from over 180 countries, five continents and providing over 160 000 visitors with information on new products, services and facilities in the tourism industry.

At this year’s ITB Berlin expo, Qatar Airways celebrated its new Formula 1® partnership, and the airline’s virtual experiences, ‘QVerse’.

At a media briefing on the first day of ITB Berlin, Qatar Airways group chief executive, His Excellency Akbar Al Baker highlighted that Qatar Airways is dedicated to enriching the global community.

“As the World’s Best Airline, we are excited to offer more ways of bringing the world together, increasing connectivity and bridging gaps within the travel industry,” he said.