Doha: Qatar Airways has helped thousands of British and Canadian nationals return home safely, who were away from their family members due to COVID-19 outbreak.
Canadian citizens were flown from India while British nationals were flown from Pakistan.
“The 18th flight from India departed Amritsar earlier taking more Canadians home. More flights arranged over next several days,” said a statement on official page of the High Commission of Canada in India, which was retweeted by Qatar Airways.
Qatar Airways has received praise from Canada for helping stranded nationals. According to a statement posted on Qatar Embassy in Ottawa, Canada. Qatar’s Ambassador to Canada, H E Saoud bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, received a phone call on April 30 from H E Rob Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who communicated the Canadian Government’s gratitude to the Qatari Government for the role Qatar Airways played in facilitating the repatriation of Canadians from all around the world.
Oliphant also praised the strong friendly relations between Canada and Qatar, and the mutual desire to strengthening it further.
Similarly, the award-winning airline has also received praise from British officials for helping British nationals return home.
“Today’s #UKPkRepatFlights has departed Lahore for @HeathrowAirport. We wish all on board a safe flight home. We’ve now helped nearly 3,000 British nationals to get back to the United Kingdom on charter flights - with thanks to the pilots & aircrew of Qatar Airways,” said British High Commission in Pakistan on its official Twitter account, yesterday.
The airline is still operating flights to 35 cities around the world including London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Sydney, helping thousands of passengers get home safely.
“We are still operating flights to 35 destinations around the world while upholding the safety and security of our passengers and employees at all times,” said Qatar Airways on its official twitter account.
The demand to help get stranded travellers home has also seen Qatar Airways operate flights to new destinations. The Airline has now announced to start repatriation flights from tomorrow.
At a time when you want to be with family Mzansi South Africa, you can count on us to take you home – Qatar Airways will be flying 3 flights weekly to Johannesburg starting 5 May. Taking You Home it’s what we do,” said the airline in a tweet yesterday. “Qatar Airways to provide six repatriation flights from South Africa over a period of two weeks starting 5 May out of Johannesburg - if you need to get back home we can get you there via HIA,” it said.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented challenge for Qatar Airways and the aviation industry as a whole. While the airline continues to maintain operations where possible to take people home and to transport essential supplies, overall demand for air transport has declined significantly.
SOURCE: THEPENINSULAQATAR