Qatar Airways announced today their plans to commence flights to the southern Iranian city of Shiraz.The airline will begin twice-weekly flights from its Doha hub to Shiraz International Airport on June 5. Shiraz will turn out to be the airline’s 101st worldwide destination and third route to Iran. The carrier by now operates double daily services to the capital city of Tehran and five-flights-a-week to Mashad in northern Iran.


The launching of the new route further enhances Qatar Airways' commitment to Iran, where it first commenced operating services to the country in 2004 with the launch of the Tehran route, followed a year later by Mashad.The latest services will be operated with the airline’s Airbus A320 aircraft, which consists of 12 seats in Business Class and 132 in Economy.

Traffic for the latest route is expected to come from around the Gulf region as well as Europe and North America.

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker stated that the launch of flights to Shiraz supported the company’s business plan of operating to significant cities around the world .