Kuwait Airways to launch Sarajevo service

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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

Kuwait Airways to launch Sarajevo service

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Kuwait Airways will commence seasonal summer flights between Kuwait City and Sarajevo from June 9. The nonstop service will run until September 12 each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with an Airbus A320 aircraft. It will mark Kuwait Airways’ return to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital for the first time since it last maintained seasonal operations to the city in 2013, albeit via Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Kuwait Airways will compete directly against FlyBosnia on the route, which plans to run two weekly flights between the two this summer. Kuwait Airways has put tickets on sale, with further flight details available here.

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Anonymous09:26
Didn't see that one coming! Good, good.
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Anonymous10:28
Big win for Bosnia!
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