Qatar Airways today announced further expansion to its Indian network with a 20 per cent increase in frequency covering the cities of Delhi, Cochin and Amritsar from next month. Beginning September 1, the number of flights to the northern Indian city of Amritsar will rise from four- a-week to daily. The expansion comes less than a year since Qatar Airways launched flights to Amritsar.

Sama Airlines announced that it would discontinue all flight operations as of Tuesday 24th August 2010. Flight operations will continue as planned through Monday, 23rd August, and Sama is seeking arrangements to accommodate passengers affected by flight cancellations through arrangements with other airlines.

Daily services to popular holiday destination Alexandria begun 2 August and daily flights to Luxor begin 1 September, both up from four weekly services. The additional services will see Qatar Airways operate a total of 21 flights a week to Egypt, with the airline already operating daily to Egypt’s capital city of Cairo.