Qatar Airways opens new office in Dhaka
Dhaka : Qatar Airways has officially opened a brand new sales, reservations and ticketing office in the capital city. Qatar Airways’ Dhaka office has moved to a larger, upgraded and purpose built, dedicated office space spread over nearly 5,000 sq. feet at SPL Western Tower, Level-03, North West Block, 186, Bir Uttam Shawkat Ali Road in Tejgaon Industrial Area.
Passengers can now visit and experience even greater comfort and more convenient booking services as part of the comprehensive Qatar Airways five-star experience.
Qatar Airways Vice President Indian Sub-continent, Ihab Sorial said, “This is a one-stop sales, reservations and ticketing office at the most prestigious business centre in Dhaka. With the new facility, we are taking a large step closer to our growing number of passengers and providing them with the strengths of our global network, while offering them the excellent levels of hospitality that we are renowned for worldwide.”
More than 200 distinguished guests from the local business community and travel trade attended the opening event, in the presence of Rashed Khan Menon, Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism, and Ihab Sorial, Vice President Indian Sub-continent, Qatar Airways.
Qatar Airways has been flying to Dhaka since December 1995 and currently operates 10 weekly flights to the city from its state-of-the-art hub Hamad International Airport in Doha. Passengers from Dhaka can connect to a host of destinations in the airline’s extensive route network across six continents.
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 18th year of operations, Qatar Airways has a modern fleet of 150 aircraft flying to 146 key business and leisure destinations across six continents.
Baby on board Qatar Airways B777
A Qatar Airways Boeing B777 en route from Miami to Doha diverted to Newfoundland’s remote Gander airport recently when a passenger went into labor and gave birth mid-flight.
Fortunately for the woman, there were two doctors onboard to assist with the birth, according to The Beacon newspaper of Gander. The woman gave birth to a healthy boy, Brian Hicks, safety manager at Gander International Airport, said.
“Thirty minutes before the plane was preparing to land, she gave birth to a baby boy,” Hicks says to AFP, adding: “That’s the youngest passenger we’ve ever had at Gander.”
The Qatar Airways B777 was carrying 337 passengers and landed in Gander at around 4:30 am local time, the Canadian Press reports. The aircraft was on the ground at Gander for about two hours and then continued on to Doha after the mother and baby were taken to a Newfoundland hospital.
The airline has a policy of not accepting pregnant women who have reached the 36th week of their pregnancy. It was not clear from the media reports if the woman did not abide by the rule or if the baby came earlier than expected.
Regardless, AFP reports that mother and baby were in good health and were “thought to still be in Canada.”
