Qatar Airways announced a special business class menu collaboration with India’s first Michelin-starred chef to celebrate its 20th anniversary of operations in Delhi and 30 years in Kolkata.
Qatar Airways started its operation in India in 1994 with Mumbai as its first Indian gateway, and has since grown to an extensive network of 13 Indian cities, with Kolkata joining the network in 1995, and Delhi in 2005. This year, it marked a landmark double anniversary in India this year with 20 years of operations to Delhi on July 14 and 30 years to Kolkata on October 31.
As part of this year’s double celebrations, Qatar Airways announced a special business class menu collaboration with renowned chef Garima Arora, a two-Michelin-starred chef and the first Indian female to helm a restaurant with such distinction. Launching in September, this menu aims to elevate the inflight dining experience by showcasing India’s rich regional flavours, featuring signature appetizers, mains, and desserts designed exclusively for Qatar Airways’ business class cabin.
In the last fiscal year 2024-25, Qatar Airways flew over 2.4 million passengers in and out of India. The airline currently operates 100 weekly flights across 13 Indian cities, including 14 flights per week from Delhi and seven flights per week from Kolkata. This provides connectivity to Europe, UK, Africa, US, and the Middle East via Hamad International Airport in Doha. Qatar Airways Cargo contributes significantly to India’s import, export and trade industry, with a weekly cargo capacity of 2990 tonnes into India and 2990 tonnes out of India, operating 120 flights each week, out of which 20 flights are Boeing 777 freighters.
Karthik Viswanathan, vice president of sales for the airline in the Indian sub-continent, said, “We are incredibly proud to celebrate these two significant anniversaries in India. India continues to be a cornerstone of our global network, and we look forward to many more years of shared success. We are proud to showcase our Indian culinary milieu through this partnership with Chef Garima. Not only do we hope to delight our passengers with exceptional onboard business class dining, it’ll allow us to celebrate India’s heritage in a uniquely memorable way and on an international platform with a global audience.”
Notably, Qatar Airways achieved the ‘world’s best business class’ for the twelfth time in 2025, in addition to being awarded ‘world’s best airline’ for a record-breaking ninth time in 2025. It currently flies to over 170 destinations worldwide, via Hamad International Airport.
