Qatar Airways has announced the launch of four weekly flights to Seattle from March 15th.
The service will be operated by Qatar Airways’ state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900 featuring 36 seats in the business class and 247 seats in economy.
The national carrier of Qatar also announced a frequent flyer partnership with Alaska Airlines.
From December 15th, Qatar Airways Privilege Club and Alaska Mileage Plan members will be able to earn frequent flyer miles and from March next year members will also be able to redeem frequent flyer miles on both carriers’ full networks, and elite status perks including lounge access.
The two airlines are also working closely on developing a codeshare agreement and commercial cooperation in line with the United States carrier joining oneworld on March 31st.