Qatar to MEL & SYD within weeks

[lloyd fox]

No Nigel nothing at all.

[Andrew P]

Qatar does NOT get a good review in today's SMH

service is not quite the "five stars" Qatar Airways professes.

[Montague S]

http://www.ausbt.com.au/qatar-nixes-...n=home-flipper

our friends from Doha make a good case for not flying to Sydney.

[Lee G]

In this mornings SMH -

Qatar says no to Sydney

After years of announcements and speculation, Qatar Airways reportedly has ruled out flying to Sydney. The carrier fought hard to win operating rights to Australia but launched flights only between its Doha base and Melbourne.

The airline told media attending the recent Arabian Travel Market that it never intended to fly to Sydney but had previously put in writing that it planned to start Sydney services in early 2010.

The carrier's head office did not respond to requests for further information.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/airline...#ixzz1yAIC2ddU

[Lawrie L]

I dont mind about poor inflight service. I am only want to have low airfare and more competitors to fly to europe, asia, africa and middle east. Free stopover at Qatar would be bonus!