Qatar Airways is launching a fabulous three-day sale starting from today (September 12) offering savings of up to 25 per cent on fares from cities across the Middle East to destinations around the world.

The promotion offers a long travel validity period, enabling customers to book their travel as far out as March 31, 2012, the Qatar airline said in a statement.

The savings are based on return fares and include taxes, it added

Flying in Economy Class, passengers can save up to 25 per cent, while Business Class passengers can save up to 15 per cent off their ticket prices if flying from Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iran and Yemen, it said.

The Doha-based airline will launch its three-day sale from tonight (at 00:01hrs local time in each Middle East market) running until September 14 (at 23:59hrs local time) with customers across Qatar and countries from the Gulf and Middle East region enjoying tremendous savings when booking through the carrier’s website.

In a recent poll of over 18 million travellers from 100 countries, Qatar Airways emerged as Airline of the Year in the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards 2011, considered to be the most prestigious industry accolade, said the statement from the airline.

Qatar Airways CEO said: “These are incredible fares we are offering to our loyal customers and customers travelling with Qatar Airways for the first time.'

“We want to thank our customers for their positive response, loyalty and appreciation of our award-winning Five Star in-flight product and onboard service. Our customers can have a world of choice from our ever-growing network which now includes more than 100 destinations with convenient flights from Doha and beyond,” he added.

Qatar Airways flies to over 100 destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Far East, Australia, North America and South America via Doha with a modern fleet of almost 100 passenger and cargo aircraft.

Qatar Airways offers a wide choice of flights to an exciting array of destinations such as Copenhagen, Brussels, Milan, Nairobi, Goa, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Singapore, New York, Montreal and Melbourne via the airline’s Doha hub.-TradeArabia News Service