Qatar Airways has announced that it will launch flights to Chiang Mai, its fourth destination in Thailand, a report said.

The new route, which comes in addition to existing routes to Bangkok, Phuket and Krabi, will a four-times weekly seasonal service that will operate between Doha and Chiang Mai (CNX), using a wide-body aircraft, from December 2017 until May 2018,. said a report in Business Traveller.

Qatar Airways first started flying to Thailand in 1996 with a service to Bangkok. Flights then followed to Phuket and Krabi. The airline currently offers five daily flights from Doha to Bangkok, as well as a double-daily service from Doha to Phuket and three flights a week from Doha to Krabi. Later this year, Krabi will become a daily service, which means the total number of flights each week to Thailand will rise to 60, it said.