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Qatar Airways announces partnership with New York's JetBlue
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With this new agreement in place, customers will be able to purchase a single itinerary combining flights on both carriers' global networks, affording them the ease of one-stop ticketing and baggage check-in.

Qatar Airways operates daily non-stop flights from Houston, New York and Washington, DC, to Doha International Airport using its young fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft.

JetBlue customers can avail themselves of Qatar Airways' connecting service to destinations across the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions, including 12 cities in India and a number of destinations unavailable through JetBlue's other partners, including Bali, Indonesia; Cebu, Philippines; Phuket, Thailand; and Hanoi, Vietnam.

JetBlue is a top domestic airline at JFK, with more than 150 daily departures to dozens of major American cities including Boston, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Orlando, San Francisco and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

At Washington Dulles, the airline offers a service to Boston, New York and a number of cities in California and Florida.

"We're honored to partner with Qatar Airways, an airline that, like JetBlue, is constantly focused on delivering a premium experience to all travellers," JetBlue President and Chief Executive Officer Dave Barger said in a statement.

"We look forward to introducing JetBlue's award-winning service to more and more customers from all corners of the globe," he said.

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said: "Qatar Airways' hub in Doha is strategically placed to connect East and West, with a timetable so carefully orchestrated that transit times on popular routes are as little as 30 minutes, a connection time which we comfortably can meet."

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(Published 01 July 2011, 09:02 IST)