Qatar Airways Chief holds talks with Italian Minister on mutual cooperation in aviation

Addressing a press conference in Rome, Italy recently, Akbar Al Baker, Group Chief Executive, Qatar Airways, discussed the airline's recent expansion in the country. During his visit, Al Baker also met with Her Excellency Federica Guidi, Italian Minister of Economic Development, to speak about growing ties and infrastructure projects that involve several Italian companies in the airline's hub in Doha, Qatar. They discussed matters of mutual cooperation, including exploring synergies and areas of partnership in the aviation sector.

With Qatar Airways recently having announced further expansion in Italy, Qatar Airways will add extra capacity into three of the country's gateways - Venice, Rome, and Milan. At the conference, Al Baker spoke about the future growth plans and recent capacity expansion of Qatar Airways across the Italian gateways of Rome, Milan and Venice. Rome and Milan will both have a 30 per cent increase in capacity from the airline’s hub in Doha with the introduction of wide-body aircraft on their double daily flights, while capacity on the Venice route will increase by 70 per cent with the introduction of an A330 aircraft, replacing the A320 that currently serves this route daily.
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