Qatar Airways has announced the signing of a new inter-line agreement with the New York-based JetBlue Airways to connect travellers between the two carriers’ networks via New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport.

With this new agreement in place, customers will be able to purchase a single itinerary combining flights on both the 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 honoured to partner with Qatar Airways, an airline that, like JetBlue, is constantly focused on delivering a premium experience to all travellers,” the JetBlue President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr 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.

The Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer, Mr 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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