{"id":179637,"date":"2024-08-21T11:27:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T09:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=179637"},"modified":"2024-08-22T10:47:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T08:47:07","slug":"qatar-airways-airlink-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/qatar-airways-airlink-africa","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways consolidates its position in Africa with the acquisition of Airlink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For several years now, the imminent arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/qatar-airways-madagascar-20240131.html\/\"><strong>Qatar Airways<\/strong><\/a> on the African market by taking over an airline on the continent. This has now happened with<strong>he Qatari carrier has acquired a 25% stake in Airlink<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This independent regional airline is based in Johannesburg and has become, with the restructuring of South African Airways, <strong>one of Southern Africa's leading airlines<\/strong>. This announcement is part of the multi-award winning airline's ambition to continue expanding its operations on the African continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-airlink-un-reseau-complementaire-a-qatar-airways\">Airlink, a complementary network to Qatar Airways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Airlink has a fleet of around fifty aircraft. They serve <strong>some sixty routes to 45 destinations in 15 African countries<\/strong>. Airlink is also the only carrier landing on<strong> the airport on the British island of St Helena<\/strong>. The company offers a product compatible with Qatar Airways' high quality standards. All flights include business class.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rj100-take-off-1200x800-1-1024x683-derived.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rj100-take-off-1200x800-1-1024x683-derived.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rj100-take-off-1200x800-1-300x200-derived.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rj100-take-off-1200x800-1-768x512-derived.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/rj100-take-off-1200x800-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Airlink aircraft taking off from Saint Helena Airport (Photo: Saint Helena Airport)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Qatar Airways' investment in Airlink will strengthen the codeshare partnership between the two airlines. It will also support <strong>Qatar Airways' growth strategy in Africa<\/strong> and will consolidate its role. Qatar Airways currently serves <strong>29 destinations<\/strong> on the continent. The airline now serves Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Harare, Kano, Luanda, Lusaka and Port Harcourt. It has also resumed services from Doha to Cairo and Alexandria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this announcement, <strong>Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways Group, <\/strong> said: \" <em>Our investment in Airlink is a further illustration of the extent to which <strong>we see Africa as a key part of our future<\/strong>. This partnership demonstrates not only our confidence in Airlink as a resilient, agile, financially strong and principled company, but also in Africa as a whole. This continent has immense potential, and I'm delighted to be able to help make it a reality.<\/em> \"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For<strong> Rodger Foster, CEO of Airlink<\/strong>, \"<em> Qatar Airways' entry into the capital of our airline is a strong sign in favour of Airlink. This operation will make it possible to <strong>unlocking growth opportunities<\/strong> achieving economies of scale, increasing our capacity and expanding our marketing reach <\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In concrete terms, the partnership between Qatar Airways and Airlink will result in a <strong>rapid harmonisation of loyalty programmes<\/strong>. These are Qatar Airways' Privilege Club and Airlink's Skybucks.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qatar Airways Group has acquired a 25 % stake in Airlink, a major regional airline in South Africa. 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