IanFarquharson
Well-Known Member
Not yetOut of the 4 UK airports that Qatar fly to, both LHR and MAN have direct flights to Hong Kong.
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Not yetOut of the 4 UK airports that Qatar fly to, both LHR and MAN have direct flights to Hong Kong.
But MAN has all 3 ME and direct HKG ??
Qatar brings a huge amount of Fruit in on its DOH-BHX route destined for supermarkets this shipment is almost every day consisting of about 3 trailers of cargo
Yet the airport has put out passenger disputing that. The route got off to a slow start yes but it is growing.Tends to support some of the views expressed on this forum that Freight is doing OK but passenger numbers not as expected.
Some negative publicity from Qatar themselves on the new Cardiff to Doha route. Tends to support some of the views expressed on this forum that Freight is doing OK but passenger numbers not as expected. Speculation on the decision to choose Cardiff over Bristol was as a result of attractive short term incentives. I think BHX has seen the impact that this type of commercial crutch can have
Here is the full story
https://www.independent.co.uk/trave...assenger-numbers-akbar-al-baker-a8450646.html
The route was launched only a few months ago. And the original start date for a daily service was put back by six weeks. Now the CEO is saying it hasn’t lived up to expectations but his airline will give it time.
...After extensive advertising and much hard work they turned things around and have gone from strength to strength, I'm sure Qatar will do the same at Cardiff."
And there are folks who say a positive effect of advertising is difficult to prove! Rubbish of course.
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