Qatar Airways continues its growth and expansion plans as it announces the launch of Canberra, Qatar Airways’ fifth Australian destination, in 2018.

With Canberra service, Qatar Airways will be the first international carrier to offer Australia’s capital city daily scheduled flights to Doha via Sydney.

Qatar Airways’ second-daily Sydney flight will make its way on to Canberra commencing February 2018. Return flights will be on a Canberra-Sydney-Doha routing.

Canberra flights will be served by a 358-seat Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with 42 seats in Business Class and 316 seats in Economy Class.

Qatar Airways inaugurated its first daily Sydney flight on 1 March 2016 with great success, upgrading it to the superjumbo A380 just six months after the airline’s Sydney launch.

Qatar Airways daily flight from Canberra to Sydney and onward to Doha, will connect passengers to its global network of more than 150 destinations including Europe, Middle East, Africa, America and Asia.