Chair begins direct sales for Pristina, Skopje flights

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Doha becomes Middle East’s busiest

In the battle to be the pre-eminent travel hub in the Middle East, the latest research from ForwardKeys has revealed that Doha seized and consolidated a lead over Dubai in the first half of 2021. In the period January 1 -June 30, the volume of air tickets issued for travel via Doha was 18% higher than it was through Dubai; and that relationship looks set to continue. Current bookings for the second half of the year through Doha are 17% higher than through Dubai. At the start of the year, air traffic through Doha was at 77% of Dubai; but it quickly reached 100% for the first time during the week commencing January 27. The major factor driving the trend was the lifting, of the blockade of flights to and from Qatar this January, which was imposed in June 2017 by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who accused Qatar of sponsoring terrorism - an accusation it strongly denies. Since January, five routes were restored by Qatar Airways in the region and new routes launched further afield. Olivier Ponti, Vice President of insights at ForwardKeys, said, “Without the blockade, which encouraged the establishment of new routes as a strategy to replace lost traffic, perhaps we would not have seen Doha charging past Dubai. So, it seems that the seeds of Doha’s relative success were, ironically, sown by the adverse actions of its neighbours. However, one needs to bear in mind that flights through the Middle East during first half of 2021 were still 81 per cent below pre-pandemic levels. So, as the recovery gathers pace, the picture could change significantly”. The last major factor, which has given Qatar an edge over Dubai, has been its reaction to the pandemic. During the height of the Covid-19 crisis, many routes in and out of Doha remained operational, with the result that Doha became a major hub for repatriation flights - most notably to Johannesburg and Montreal.
Source: Breaking Travel News

Chair begins direct sales for Pristina, Skopje flights

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Chair Airlines, the successor to Germania Flug, has begun online ticket sales for its flights to Pristina, Skopje and Ohrid for the first time. Previously, tickets could be purchased through local tour operators. “Chair Airlines is ready for the 2019/20 winter season which is around the corner. Between early November 2019 and late April 2020, the airline will operate flights to Pristina several times a day from Zurich, as well as non-stop services from Basel (daily) and Geneva (Saturdays). For the first time, tickets for these flights can be booked via our website. Another innovation is the sale of individual seats for flights between Zurich and Skopje (daily) or Ohrid (Sundays)”, the company said in a statement. Chair Airlines’ Chief Commercial Officer, Urs A. Pelizzoni, noted, “We are delighted to offer individual online booking of our flights to the Balkans and to have added Basel and Geneva to our portfolio of airports. We aim to offer a broad range of choices to passengers who want to spend their year-end holidays with family and friends”.

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