Venice flies: Qatar arrives, then direct to China. All the 'long haul' of Italy's third intercontinental airport

1After seeing in the past two years. American Airlines e Delta Airlines Doubling their connections to the U.S., the airport Marco Polo in Venice consolidates its role as the country's third intercontinental gateway, with the return starting June 12 of the connection to Doha, operated by Qatar Airways.

The Gulf company has not been seen in the lagoon since the spring of 2020, when he had canceled his connections due to the outbreak of the Covid epidemic. A little more than four years later, passengers in the Northwest will get their direct connection back to what is the Gulf's second-largest hub.

Service to Doha will be provided on a daily basis from a two-class Boeing 787-8, with 22 seats in Business Class (not Q-Suite) and 232 seats in Economy. Starting June 12, flight QR126 will take off from Marco Polo at 4:50 p.m. and arrive in Doha at 11:10 p.m. From there, it will then of course be possible to continue to dozens of destinations in Asia, Africa and Oceania. In the reverse direction, flight QR125 will leave Doha at 9 a.m. to land in Venice shortly after 2 p.m. Venice thus becomes the third city served in Italy by Qatar Airways, after Rome and Milan.

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With her, they will go up to Seven non-European companies present in Venice and with Doha Intercontinental destinations connected to the Venetian city nonstop will become eleven.

Leading the small group of non-European carriers is. Delta Airlines, which from Marco Polo in the summer season operates a total of 17 weekly flights: 10 to its mega-hub in Atlanta (with Boeing 767-300ER three-class - Business, Premium Economy and Economy) and 7 to New York JFK (always with Boeing 767-300ER outfitted in three classes of service). To Atlanta it takes off daily at 11:05 a.m. and three times a week at 9:30 a.m., while takeoff to JFK is scheduled for 1:40 p.m.

Also American Airlines flies to two US cities, but does so in both cases on a daily basis for a total of 14 flights per week, 7 to Philadelphia and 7 to Chicago: For the east coast hub, we depart at 12:15 p.m. aboard the a three-class Boeing 787-8 (Business, Premium Economy and Economy), while to the Illinois metropolis we fly at 2:50 p.m. aboard a more capacious Boeing 787-9, also three-class (Business, Premium Economy and Economy).

The third star big, United Airlines, Instead, it serves its Newark hub daily with a three-class Boeing 767-400 (Business, Premium Economy, and Economy), with flight UA169 leaving the Venetian lagoon at 11:05 a.m.

For North America, you can also travel with Two Canadian airlines: Air Canada and Air Transat. The first connects Venice With Toronto and Montreal 4 and 3 times a week, respectively, with Airbus A330-300 outfitted in business, premium economy and economy; to Toronto it takes off with flight AC 817 at 12:40 p.m., while to the 'capital of Francophone Canada AC819 leaves at 1 p.m.

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Also Air Transat serves Toronto and Montreal from Venice, with 3 weekly flights to each destination that will become four in July, August and September; on both routes we fly aboard Airbus A330-200 outfitted with one Business and one Economy cabin.

In the opposite direction, to the east, one travels not only with Qatar Airways but also with Emirates: the Dubai company has a daily presence at Marco Polo with one of its Boeing 777-300ERs outfitted in three classes and is the only one to offer a First Class cabin from Venice, alongside those in Business and Economy. Flight EK136 takes off at 3:35 p.m. and, as with Qatar, then provides passengers with connections to Asia, Africa and Oceania.

Starting from September 26, then, in East Asia you will also be able to fly nonstop, thanks to the connection that China Eastern Airlines will open with Shanghai. MU786 flight, which as of today is not yet open for reservations, Will operate on a tri-weekly basis, taking off every Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 11:15 a.m. and arriving in China the next morning.

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