Qatar Airways has started a four-times-weekly flight between Doha and Miami, using a B777-200.
The flight is the only direct route between Miami and the Middle East.
With this route, Miami becomes the airline’s sixth destination in the US. The B777-200 is configured with 259 seats in a 217Y-42C/J configuration.
Miami airport’s aviation director Emilo González said that the Qatar flight “gives us, for the first time, a chance to reach into a part of the world that we didn’t have access to.”
Qatar Airways will also begin services to Dallas/Fort Worth on July 1st.