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4 unusual facts about Qatar Airways


Gas to liquids

On 12 October 2009, a Qatar Airways Airbus A340-600 conducted the world's first commercial passenger flight using a mixture of kerosene and synthetic GTL fuel in its flight from London's Gatwick Airport to Doha.

Griffin Park

The space is currently available for sponsorship and the last company to use the roof for advertising was Qatar Airways.

Qatar Airways

The airline has launched 22 new destinations since 2010, with nine more destinations announced: Ankara, Aleppo, Bangalore, Barcelona, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Hanoi, Montreal, Nice, Phuket, São Paulo, Shiraz, Kolkata, Medina, Oslo, Sofia, Stuttgart, Venice and Tokyo.

Travis Friend

He is now a commercial pilot and has worked for airlines such as Flybe and Qatar Airways.


John Keells Computer Services

Some of its major clients include Emirates Airline, SriLankan Airlines, Air Arabia, Qatar Airways, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Keells Hotel Management Systems Ltd (KHMS).


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