Qatar Airways has announced a codeshare deal with Comair - a franchise of British Airways.
The deal means the gulf carrier will add three new African destinations and provide additional flight options to travellers in Cape Town and Durban.
Starting February 2016, Qatar Airways will place its code on flights that have British Airways livery, operated by Comair, from Johannesburg to Cape Town, Durban, Harare, Victoria Falls and Port Elizabeth.
Comair has hub operations in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, connecting on to Qatar Airways-operated flights to Doha.
Qatar CEO Akbar Al Baker said: “Africa is on the move, and travellers deserve better itineraries for their travel needs.
“Expanding our network with Comair was a natural progression of our investment in Africa and our desire to make it easier to visit this exciting part of the world, and for the families, businesses and organisations based here to connect globally.
“With this agreement, more than 150 destinations in the Qatar Airways network now connect easily to these business, adventure travel and cultural capitals.”
This partnership complements the recent expansion of Qatar Airways operations into South Africa. In December, Qatar Airways started four-times-weekly service to Durban and increased service from 10 weekly flights to Johannesburg to 14.
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