summary
- Qatar Airways cancels flights to Philadelphia
- America will take over on October 30th
- Doha will serve passenger flights to 12 US airports, 11 of which will be served by Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways has canceled flights to Philadelphia. As expected, the airline’s partner American Airlines added a Philadelphia-Doha route. This was the result of Qatar Airways pulling out of the New York JFK-Doha route, which meant it tripled its daily JFK flights.
Qatar Airways to close Philadelphia
It is unclear exactly when Qatar’s flag carrier will end operations in Philadelphia. Flights will be available until October 29th, the last day of the Northern Hemisphere summer season. However, AeroRoutes says it will end on the 27th. In any case, it looks like American Airlines will take over on Oct. 30 as part of a winter schedule switchover.
Qatar Airways, which has served its Pennsylvania hub since April 2014, currently uses Boeing 777-300ERs on its 6,797-mile (10,993 km) route.Operates daily, as planned winter The schedule was as follows, all in local time.
- Doha to Philadelphia: QR727, 07:55-14:55 (15 hours 0 minutes block time)
- Philadelphia to Doha: QR728, 20:35-16:55+1 (12 hours 20 minutes)
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Timing is about the same as in the US
Of course, Philadelphia will remain part of the Qatar Airways network, only served by American Airlines instead. As such, the schedules are largely identical to ensure two-way connections with other flights via hubs in Doha and Philadelphia.
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AA120, which uses lower-capacity 787-9s to help improve winter fares, payloads and performance, will depart Philadelphia at 20:55 and arrive the next day at 5:30 (12:35). minute block). After an overnight stay in the Middle East for connectivity reasons, AA121 departs at 08:55 and returns at 15:25 (14 hours 30 minutes).
Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Simple flight.
Where are the passengers going?
According to US Department of Transportation T-100 data, Qatar Airways has flown approximately 91,000 passengers between Philadelphia. January and May 2023, Average seat occupancy is 85%. It was a time when the 777-300ER, A350-900, and A350-1000 were used to varying degrees. While only part of the pie, SLF saw him climb over 91% in May.
Fully expected, point-to-point demand (people traveling between two cities only) was marginal. Reservation data shows barely 4,000 passengers round trip, or 27 per day, which is far from being the case for such a long-haul route. Only about 4% of the passengers on this route were P2P with him.
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Approximately 5% of passengers departed from Doha and connected to American Airlines flights in Philadelphia, with 29% connecting in both Doha. and Philadelphia. More passengers flew Amritsar-Doha-Philaderia-Toronto than anywhere else.
The remaining 62% of passengers transited in Doha, mainly bound for India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and the UAE. The following map shows the top 10 origins and destinations. Philadelphia to Hyderabad is the most popular route.
Image: GCMap.
From Doha to the US this winter
Considering the changes in Philadelphia, Doha is expected to have 113 weekly passenger flights (226 round trips) from the US this winter, with direct flights to 12 destinations.
Flight | From Doha to the US this winter | Search for flights |
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3 times daily | New York John F. Kennedy | |
Twice a day | Dallas Fort Worth | |
12 times a week | washington dulles | |
10 times a week | Los Angeles | |
every day | Atlanta, Boston, Chicago O’Hare, Houston Intercontinental, Miami, Philadelphia (by American), San Francisco, Seattle |
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Sources: OAG, AeroRoutes, Google Flights, US DOT T-100, booking data.