Award-Winning Airline Joins With World Famous Football Club For Middle East Launch Of Exclusive Memorabilia Collection
800-page Limited Edition Manchester United Opus Unveiled
Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Award-winning Qatar Airways supported Manchester United football club for the Middle East launch of the ultimate collection of memorabilia celebrating the history of the club.
A grand 800-page limited edition book weighing 35 kgs, the Manchester United Opus recounts the entire history of the club, featuring exclusive ground-breaking editorial, including interviews with Sir Bobby Charlton, Eric Cantona, Sir Alex Ferguson and current star players Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs. It contains more than 400,000 words and 2,000 photographs, researched from over 2 million images.
"Qatar Airways is proud to associate with the launch of Manchester United Opus, the first- of- its- kind book that captures the club's historic moments. It is an association of pure excellence," said Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer.
A star-studded launch charity gala dinner will be held at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai on November 29, 2006, where the very first Manchester United Opus Book with an estimated reserve price of 250,000 and signed by a Who's Who from Manchester United including every member of the current first team squad, will be auctioned in aid of UNICEF. In total, 10,000 copies will be printed with part of the proceeds going towards charity.
The gala dinner will be attended by celebrities, including Manchester United legends Sir Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and Eric Cantona, together with Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone, model Caprice, former England soccer manager Sven Goran Erikkson and Indian Test cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
Qatar Airways Senior Manager, Commercial Operations, Ali Al Rais, commented, "We were excited to have the Club's players and officials on our flights for the gala dinner. They had a taste of our award-winning service from the UK to Dubai through Doha."
Qatar Airways operates a fleet of 52 aircraft to 70 online destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Far East and Indian subcontinent from Doha, its hub and capital of the State of Qatar. Together with codeshare partners, Qatar Airways serves more than 90 cities worldwide.
Qatar Airways is one of only four airlines in the world with a Five Star ranking for service excellence awarded by Skytrax, the independent aviation industry monitoring agency.
Skytrax also named Qatar Airways' cabin crew best in the Middle East for the fourth year running in 2006 and second best in the world, while the airline's global rankings rose to an admirable fifth best. Qatar Airways plans to more than double its fleet size to 110 aircraft by 2015.
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