Qatar Airways Takes Flight with the GKA Kite World Tour
In its purpose to carry communities collectively via sport, Qatar Airways is increasing its sports activities sponsorship portfolio to grow to be the Title Associate and Official Airline of the GKA Kite World Tour for 3 years. The thrilling partnership combines the skies and the seas to have a good time one of many quickest rising and most exhilarating new sports activities.
The GKA Kite World Tour visits a lot of Qatar Airways’ world locations together with: Brazil, Germany, Maldives, Morocco, and Spain.
Qatar Tourism, the Official Tourism Associate of the Kite World Tour, appears ahead to welcoming followers from world wide to expertise a novel providing in 2023, in the course of the Go to Qatar Freestyle World Cup, which will likely be hosted on the new state-of-the-art kite seashore resort in Fuwairit.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Govt, and Qatar Tourism Chairman, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, mentioned: “Kitesurfing is a travel sport where adventure seekers compete in beautiful destinations across many continents around the world. At Qatar Airways, we are proud to support this growing sport and become the preferred airline for athletes and fans travelling to GKA events all around the globe including Qatar, our home country, to experience something new and exciting.”
“There’s no better partner for the Kite World Tour than Qatar Airways, who share our passion for travel, sustainability, exploration, creativity, adventure seeking and competition,” mentioned Dr. Jörgen Vogt, Secretary Basic of the International Kitesports Affiliation. “Qatar is quickly becoming the global heart of sport, and we are excited to bring our World Tour opening and Finals to this epicentre in 2023,” he added.
As a part of the dedication to this new and thrilling partnership, a brand new world-class kite seashore resort is ready to open in Fuwairit within the close to future. Positioned within the northeast of Qatar, the pure gem is a famend and superb vacation spot for beachgoers.
To kick-off the brand new partnership, Qatar Airways will go to Tarifa, Spain, this June for the Qatar Airways Large Air World Championships. The 16-day occasion is the primary of its variety in kitesports – and can embrace the Qatar Airways GKA Awards ceremony and the Go to Qatar Kite Expo.
The GKA’s mission is to develop kitesurfing and different kite sports activities by making them extra accessible whereas bringing world-class competitors to each nook of the world. This contains creating world championship occasions for freestyle, kite-surf, hydrofoil freestyle, and large air disciplines. There are presently three million lively kiters on the earth, and that quantity is growing rapidly as increasingly more individuals uncover the fun of the game.
A a number of award-winning airline, Qatar Airways was introduced because the ‘Airline of the Year’ on the 2021 World Airline Awards, managed by the worldwide air transport score organisation, Skytrax. It was additionally named ‘World’s Finest Enterprise Class’, ‘World’s Finest Enterprise Class Airline Lounge’, ‘World’s Finest Enterprise Class Airline Seat’, ‘World’s Finest Enterprise Class Onboard Catering’ and ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’. The airline continues to face alone on the high of the business having gained the primary prize for an unprecedented sixth time (2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021).
Qatar Airways additionally turned the primary world airline on the earth to attain the celebrated 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Security Ranking by Skytrax. This follows the success of Hamad Worldwide Airport as the primary airport within the Center East and Asia to be awarded a Skytrax 5-Star COVID-19 Airport Security Ranking. These awards present assurance to passengers internationally that the airline’s well being and security measures are topic to the very best potential requirements {of professional}, impartial scrutiny and evaluation.
Qatar Airways presently flies to greater than 140 locations worldwide, connecting via its Doha hub, Hamad Worldwide Airport, presently named the ‘Finest Airport within the World” by Skytrax World Airport Awards 2021.
Associated Posts
Tags: Qatar Airways
