Football Fever: Air India adds flights to Doha from Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai

MUMBAI: To cater to the surge in demand due to the FIFA World Cup 2022, Air India on Thursday announced the introduction of 20 new flights per week to Qatar from key Indian cities.
The flights, to be introduced from October 30, will connect Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai with Doha during the period of the sports event in Qatar.
“Thirteen flights per week will operate from Mumbai, four from Hyderabad and three from Chennai. These flights will be in addition to the existing daily flights to Doha from Delhi,” said the airline in a press statement.
The additional connectivity to Qatar follows Air India’s increase of 14 new flights on its domestic network last month. These additional 14 flights included two new frequencies on each of the Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Bengaluru and Mumbai-Chennai routes, as well as one new frequency on the Mumbai-Bengaluru route.