Qatar Airways plans to expand operations in the United States next year by adding direct flights from Doha to several major American cities, CEO Akbar al-Baker has said.

Flights to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit should become available as the airline begins to receive its much-delayed order of Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

Gulf Times reports:

A daily New York service will also be increased to three flights a day, with the addition of links via cities in Eastern and Western Europe, al-Baker said in Montreal. The airline has daily flights to Washington and Houston.

“Qatar Airways is in the midst of a very aggressive expansion plan,” al-Baker said. “The only thing that stopped us from going earlier is the delayed delivery of the 787s,” he said about the US flights.

Well, this is exciting information – though, perhaps, not for competitors Lufthansa and KLM.

Thoughts?