Qatar Airways has announced that the company envisages to pump $1billion on infrastructure expansion at Doha International Airport in order to cope with rising passenger traffic and fleet size until the new airport opens in fiscal 2012.

The plan entails increasing the seating capacity of the airline's Premium Terminal to 570, in addition to enhancing the number of shower rooms, buffet and dining areas and an almost doubled duty free space.

The airline has also revealed that over the coming 10 months it will add six new routes to its burgeoning network: Goa and Amritsar in India, Sydney and Melbourne in Australia, and two European cities.

(via TopNews Arab Emirates. Contributed by Rehan Rachid)