Qatar Airways will now operate five flights daily between Kuwait City and the airline’s Doha hub, taking frequency up to 35 weekly services on the route.

The new daily flight QR145 departs Doha at 1300 hrs, arriving in Kuwait at 1415 hrs.

The additional capacity has been introduced to provide added convenience for both business and leisure travellers. Passengers now have better connections across key business and leisure destinations in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific.

Qatar Airways' chief executive officer Akbar Al Baker said: “We are committed to offering our passengers with the best travel experience and now customers in Kuwait have even more convenient access to our network of over 100 global destinations.

“We have experienced spectacular customer response in the past year in Kuwait and thanks to our excellent connections, our passenger growth crossing through our Doha hub has seen exponential growth annually.

“Similarly, passengers from across our international network now have a greater choice of flights to Kuwait via our Doha hub.

“As part of our growth strategy, we will continue to step up frequency on existing routes, which is a strong lever to facilitate development in the business and tourism sectors.”

Over the last six months, Qatar Airways has added eight new routes to its burgeoning global network – Bucharest (Romania), Budapest (Hungary), Brussels (Belgium), Stuttgart (Germany), Aleppo (Syria), Shiraz (Iran), Venice (Italy) and Montreal (Canada). 

During the second half of 2011, Qatar Airways expands in Saudi Arabia with its fourth gateway to the holy city of Medina, operating four weekly flights starting from 14 July, daily to Kolkata (Calcutta) from 27 July, Sofia on 14 September, the Norwegian capital Oslo from 5 October, Entebbe in Uganda from 2 November, and Baku, the Azerbaijan capital and the Georgian capital Tbilisi, on 30 November.