Qatar Airways has succeeded in exploiting the Corona pandemic crisis to outperform its competitor "Emirates Airlines", and it has become the largest long-haul airline in the world at the present time.
The American Wall Street Journal said that the Qatari tanker flew planes that are often almost empty, on routes around the world. To increase market share.
Qatar Airways also took advantage of the reduction in the number of employees in the "Emirates Airlines" to hire new employees.
She added: "At a time when other airlines have reduced their services to the market due to the repercussions of the epidemic, the state-backed Qatari company is seeking new landing rights to appear stronger after the epidemic."
The American newspaper indicates that "Qatar Airways" during the past 12 months has carried more passengers than any other airline on cross-border lines, according to the data company "OAG".
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al-Baker said in an interview, "We are ready to compete, we have not shied away from competition, we love competition," in a veiled reference to Emirates Airlines.
In the first four months of the epidemic, Qatar brought about 3.2 million travelers back to their country, a move Al-Baker said won the loyalty of the new customers.
It has also opened new transportation links to places such as San Francisco and Brisbane in Australia, Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, and Accra, the capital of Ghana, which destinations it plans to keep in its network.
This new strategy has already paid off. Qatar launched flights to Seattle earlier this year and captured 22.3% of the market share of passenger traffic from Asia in March, compared to 16.7% for Emirates Airlines, which began operating there nine years ago. Years, according to statistics from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
In Australia, where the government limited the number of passengers allowed to enter the country each week, many airlines have reduced service, while Emirates Airlines flew 118 flights to Australia in February, a third of its flights a year ago, while Qatar operated nearly Of 145 trips to the country, according to government statistics.
It expanded its market share from 3.6% of international passengers who were transported to and from Australia in February of last year, to 16.2% this year, according to the data.
And while Emirates Airlines announced last month that it would operate its first flight with fully vaccinated crew and passengers, the Qatari company responded by operating a fully vaccinated flight, four days before the planned UAE flight took off.
The Qatar national carrier continues to rebuild its network of destinations, which currently includes more than 130 destinations.
Qatar Airways won many international awards during the Corona pandemic, given its important role in transporting passengers during periods of no-flights, and for providing health measures to ensure the safety of crews and travelers.
Qatar Airways was ranked second in the world during 2021 in terms of being the safest to travel, and it was also ranked the safest against Corona.
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