United Airlines Starts Daily Washington-Doha Flights via Dubai

Leading American airline, United Airlines has launched daily flights between Washington and Doha via Dubai. The extension of the existing Dubai service to Doha is the first of three new services, the airline says.

The airline will introduce nonstop service between Dulles and Manchester on Wednesday, and between Dulles and Dublin, Ireland, on June 7, 2012.

United operates the Washington/Dulles-Dubai-Doha service with a Boeing 777 aircraft, which has a total of 269 seats — eight in First, 40 in Business and 221 in Economy class seats.

Doha is the fourth city in the Gulf region that United serves.