Qatar Airways said on Twitter on Tuesday that it planned to fly a summer schedule to over 80 destinations worldwide.

The national carrier has been one of the few airlines to continue to operate with regular, scheduled flights during the lockdowns across the world to curb the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19).

The multi-award winning airline has been maintaining services to about 30 destinations.

According to its previous announcement, it would start resuming flights to destinations it had suspended due to Covid-19 outbreak and that it aimed to fly to up to 80 destinations by June.

With our Summer schedule, we aim to operate to more than 80 destinations spanning from East to West. #QatarAirways pic.twitter.com/gvZoH0EwrV

— Qatar Airways (@qatarairways) May 26, 2020

To ensure the safety of its passengers, Qatar Airways will encourage them to keep a safe distance from each other where possible while on board.

The company announced last week that its cabin crew will begin wearing protective suits and passengers will have to wear face masks on board.

Cabin crew and passenger interactions are also being reduced.

Qatar Airways' Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker said, "We have introduced these additional safety measures onboard our flights to ensure the continued health and wellbeing of our passengers and cabin crew, and to limit the spread of coronavirus."

Those who are not wearing face masks inside the State of Qatar will be charged with up to 200,000 riyals and imprisonment not exceeding three years.

Qatar Airways also announcced earlier that it would give 100,000 return economy class tickets to frontline healthcare workers across the world to pay tribute for their efforts in fighting Covid-19.

Qatar Airways will take full advantage of its diverse and efficient fleet with the right aircraft size to ensure the best fit for expected demand on each planned route.  By the end of June, the aim is to have 80 destinations in the schedule including 23 in Europe, four in the Americas, 20 in Middle East/Africa and 33 in Asia-Pacific. Many cities will be served with a strong schedule with daily or more frequencies.

The gradual expansion will focus initially on strengthening connections between the airline’s hub in Doha with the global hubs of its partner airlines around the world including London, Chicago, Dallas and Hong Kong along with reopening many major business and leisure destinations such as Madrid and Mumbai.

Currently the airline continues to operate flights to more than 30 destinations around the world. By the end of May, the airline plans to grow its network back to over 50 destinations* resuming services to cities such as Manila, Amman, and Nairobi. A further number of destinations* are planned to be added by the end of June.

For the latest information on where Qatar Airways is flying, please visit its COVID-19 travel alert.

Qatar Airways destinations operating by end of June*

Africa

Addis Ababa (ADD), Cape Town (CPT), Johannesburg (JNB), Lagos (LOS), Nairobi (NBO), Tunis (TUN)

Americas

Chicago (ORD), Dallas (DFW), Sao Paulo (GRU), Montreal (YUL)

Asia-Pacific

Guangzhou (CAN), Hong Kong (HKG), Seoul (ICN), Tokyo (NRT), Beijing (PEK), Shanghai (PVG), Bangkok (BKK), Jakarta (CGK), Kuala Lumpur (KUL), Manila (MNL), Singapore (SIN), Ahmedabad (AMD), Amritsar (ATQ), Bangalore (BLR), Mumbai (BOM), Calicut (CCJ), Kolkata (CCU), Colombo (CMB), Kochi (COK), Dhaka (DAC), New Delhi (DEL), Goa (GOI), Hyderabad (HYD), Kathmandu (KTM), Chennai (MAA), Male (MLE), Trivandrum (TRV), Islamabad (ISB), Karachi (KHI), Lahore (LHE), Melbourne (MEL), Perth (PER), Sydney (SYD)

Europe

Athens (ATH), Budapest (BUD), Moscow (DME), Istanbul (IST), Amsterdam (AMS), Stockholm (ARN), Barcelona (BCN), Brussels (BRU), Paris (CDG), Copenhagen (CPH), Dublin (DUB), Edinburgh (EDI), Rome (FCO), Frankfurt (FRA), London (LHR), Madrid (MAD), Manchester (MAN), Munich (MUC), Milan (MXP), Oslo (OSL), Berlin (TXL), Vienna (VIE), Zurich (ZRH)

Middle East

Amman (AMM), Beirut (BEY), Baghdad (BGW), Basra (BSR), Erbil (EBL), Teheran (IKA), Sulaymaniyah (ISU), Kuwait (KWI), Muscat (MCT), Mashad (MHD), Najaf (NJF), Sohar (OHS), Salalah (SLL), Shiraz (SYZ)

*Subject to regulatory approval

The airports Qatar Airways is currently serving are:

Americas

• Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)

• Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)

• Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)

• São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport (GRU)

Asia and Pacific

• Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)

• Brisbane Airport (BNE)

• Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)

• Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)

• Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)

• Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)

• Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (MEL)

• Perth Airport (PER)

• Seoul Incheon International Airport (ICN)

• Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD)

• Tokyo Narita International Airport (NRT)

Europe

• Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD)

• Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)

• Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)

• Copenhagen Airport (CPH)

• Dublin Airport (DUB)

• Frankfurt Airport (FRA)

• London Heathrow Airport (LHR)

• Manchester International Airport (MAN)

• Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP)

• Munich Airport (MUC)

• Oslo Gardermoen Airport (OSL)

• Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)

• Rome Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)

• Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN)

• Zurich Airport (ZRH)

Middle East

• Kuwait International Airport (KWI)

• Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA)