São Paulo – Qatar Airways will resume its daily Doha-São Paulo flights on August 1. The airline did not stop flying amid the pandemic. It did, however, bring down frequency to five flights a week.
The Arab carrier is taking steps to protect passengers and crews, such as online check-ins and distancing during boarding. Personal protective kits containing facemasks, gloves and sanitizer are supplied to all passengers, who are advised to keep their facemasks on at all times until deplaning. Additional safety measures are listed on the airline’s website.
Qatar Airways increased its capacity to Brazil since last May by deploying an Airbus A350-1000. The aircraft has 46 business class seats and 281 economy class ones.
June saw the airline complete its tenth year of operation in South America. It has flown over a million passengers into São Paulo. Qatar Airways also flies to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Qatar Airways’ senior VP for the Americas, Eric Odone, was quoted last month as saying that the A350-1000 flying the São Paulo route adds “innovation, luxury and options to business and leisure travelers in South America.”
Qatar had 107,037 coronavirus cases and 159 deaths as per World Health Organization (WHO) numbers. The Gulf country is set to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
