Qatar marks 10 years to Perth

QATAR Airways celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its PerthDoha route earlier this week at Perth Airport, with passengers departing Perth on QR901 given special cookie treats to mark the major milestone.

The route, currently serviced once-daily by a Boeing 777300ER, first launched on 03

Jul 2012, and since then QR has carried over 1.6 million passengers in and out of Perth.

The airline has also exported nearly 68,000 tonnes of cargo to Perth and imported more than 55,300 tonnes of cargo from Perth over the last decade.

Perth Airport CEO Kevin Brown acknowledged the “strong partnership”, which he said became “even more apparent” as the carrier continued to operate its Perth services throughout the pandemic to “bring Australians home” and “carry important export and import freight crucial to Western Australia and its economy”.

Pictured: The Qatar Airways crew all smiles at Perth Airport.