Qatar Airways is planning to operate two weekly flights directly to Kathmandu from Doha, a senior airline official said. Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways made this announcement following the relocation of the airline's office in Kathmandu. "Kathmandu is considered an important destination for Qatar Airways (QA) since its launch in 1994," said Baker. He announced that the airline is planning to double the number of passengers outbound on Qatar by operating bigger aircraft with capacity of up to 400. Qatar brought 90,000 tourists to Nepal last year, and is the airline most of the 35,000 Nepali workers in Qatar take to come home.