Qatar Airways to launch 3 weekly flights to Abidjan from June 16

• The Abidjan service will be operated by Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

April 26, 2021: Starting June 16, Qatar Airways will operate three weekly flights to Abidjan, Cte d'Ivoire via Accra, Ghana, becoming the fourth new destination in Africa since the start of the pandemic. The Abidjan service will be operated by Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, said, "We are thankful to the Cte d'Ivoire Government for their support to launch these flights, providing an opportunity to reunite family and friends with their loved ones across the globe.  We look forward to working closely with our partners in Cte d'Ivoire to steadily grow this route and support the recovery of tourism and trade in the region."

The airline has also added seven new destinations in the past 12 months including San Francisco and Seattle in the US, Abuja, Accra and Luanda in Africa, and Brisbane and Cebu in Asia Pacific.  The airline recently announced that it will resume services to Khartoum with four weekly flights starting May 11, after two years.

The national carrier of the State of Qatar continues to rebuild its network, which currently stands at over 130 destinations with plans to increase to more than 1,200 weekly flights to over 140 destinations by end of July.