DOHA is the latest destination for bmi in what is a unique partnership. In the past it has usually been the British airline that has supplied the equipment, typically Virgin Atlantic and Air India. Qatar Airways is to provide bmi with both aircraft and cabin crew in a new two-class daily operation out of Heathrow. Under the arrangement bmi will add as a code-share Qatar Airways existing twice-daily services, effectively giving three departures for the British airline. bmi, whose Mumbai services go daily from 20 April, launched its first flights to the Middle East last September with three times weekly services to the Saudi Arabia capital Riyadh. The success of the route led to the recent announcement of services to Jeddah, which also start in April. British Airways flights to Doha now go via Bahrain.
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