Qatar Airways will add a second daily service between Doha and Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen airport on March 29.
The new daily flight will be operated by an A320 aircraft, with 12 seats in business class and 132 in economy. Click here to view a seatplan.
Flight QR241 will depart Doha at 0945 and arrive at Sabiha Gokcen airport at 1400 local time, while return flight QR242 leaves Istanbul at 1500 and lands back in Doha at 1855.
Qatar Airways currently flies to three destinations in Turkey, with a daily service to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen airport, ten weekly flights to Istanbul Ataturk airport and four weekly flights to Ankara.
CEO Akbar Al Baker said: "Qatar Airways' service to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport has enjoyed exceptional popularity since its launch earlier this year.
"The start of a double daily service from March next year will further strengthen our support for leisure and business travel to Istanbul and we are certain that our passengers will welcome this initiative."
It last week emerged that Qatar Airways will from May operate a daily Dreamliner service to Edinburgh (see news, November 13).
Graham Smith
