Qatar Airways won the CAAN Award for transporting highest number of international passengers to Nepal. Suneer PC, representative of the airline, received the award from Posta Bahadur Bogati, Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation. CAAN handed over the award in the last week of December, 2012.

In Mid-January, Qatar Airways launched its inaugural long-haul Boeing 787 Dreamliner service on the Doha –London-Heathrow route, becoming the first airline to operate regular scheduled flights with the state-of-the art aircraft to and from the UK. According to the airline, passengers flying from Nepal can also experience the new 787 on connecting flights to selected destinations.

Similarly, the airline also announced direct scheduled flights from Athens to New York beginning mid-2013. Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker made the announcement in Athens on the occasion of the airline’s eighth year in Greece and to commemorate the carrier’s increasingly strong operations in the country.

Qatar Airways on December 5 launched scheduled flights to Poland, its latest entry into Central Eastern Europe and 12th new route of the year.