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- Well, delighted to be
here, first and foremost,
on the final leg of the Road Show in Cork,
it's been a great journey so
far in Dublin and Waterford.
So, expecting a good turnout this evening.
So, just in terms of what
I'm presenting today,
it's really all about raising
the profile of Qatar Airways.
We launched on the 12th of June
(2017) with a daily service,
which is fantastic news for the consumers.
In terms of what we're offering,
it's really eastbound traffic.
So, the key markets that we're looking at:
Australasia, India, the Far East,
and all those markets are
hugely important to us.
Just after we introduced our service,
we had the Skytrax Awards,
which are kind of an Academy Awards,
if you could say, of aviation,
I mean it's based on over
80 million passenger votes,
and we were awarded World's Best Airline,
which is the fourth time in seven years,
which is a fantastic achievement for us.
We also won World's Best
Business Class Product, as well.
So, I suppose what's
really important then,
and some of the key
messages that I'm trying
to get across today, are
quality of our product
is absolutely outstanding,
it's World's Best.
We've got some fantastic
added value to the consumer,
so at the moment in terms
of new product offering,
if you look at the likes
of Australia, for example,
we're introducing a new route,
Canberra, in February (2018),
but if you're looking at, I
mean it is a long way to go,
there's no bones about it
in terms of going flying
from Dublin, one-stop via Doha,
and what we're introducing
and working in conjunction
with the Qatari Tourism Authority,
we have a free stopover
available for customers now,
where they can avail of a
free night's accommodation,
which is in a four or
five star accommodation,
which is an unbelievable offering,
or they can avail of up to two
nights for 100 U.S. dollars.
So, that's great added value
that we have for the customers.
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