Qatar Airways becomes Principal Partner with Serie A Champions FC Internazionale Milano
The World’s Best Airline is now the Official Main Training Kit Partner of the Italian Serie A and Italian Supercup Champions
Inter fans will continue to access special discounts on flight fares as well exclusive offers through the Qatar Airways Privilege Club Collection
DOHA, Qatar – Qatar Airways is furthering its partnership with FC Internazionale Milano (Inter) as the Official Main Training Kit Partner, as well as remaining Inter’s Official Airline Partner. This enhanced collaboration symbolises a commitment to excellence and performance, starting with the essential pre-season preparations for the current Serie A and Italian Supercup champions.
The Qatar Airways logo will now be prominently featured on all training apparel and warm-up jerseys at all competitions, including Serie A, Coppa Italia, FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ and UEFA Champions League. The expanded partnership extends across all teams, including Inter Women and the Inter youth sector, and encompasses all business units from the existing Qatar Airways agreement, including:
· Hamad International Airport (‘Official Airport’), recently named the Skytrax World’s Best
· Airport, Qatar Duty Free (‘Official Duty-Free’), recently named the Skytrax World’s Best Airport
· Shopping, Qatar Airways Privilege Club (‘Official Frequent Flyer Programme’)
· Qatar Airways Holidays (‘Official Fan Travel Partner’)
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, said: “As we commemorate our deepening alliance with Inter as the Official Main Training Kit Partner, it reflects the shared successes during our first season together. We have witnessed the team achieve the status as the best team in Italy, while we also took the position of the World’s Best Airline this year. We hope to build on this joint success together on the pitch and in the skies while remaining committed to uniting Inter fans, and are excited to support the team prosper in another exciting year of football.”
FC Internazionale Milano Corporate CEO, Alessandro Antonello, said: “We are thrilled to announce this upgraded partnership with Qatar Airways, which is a reflection of how successful our relationship was last season. During our first year together, Qatar Airways became fully integrated within the Inter family, sharing the joy of our Scudetto triumph and running a series of unique initiatives for our fans. As our Official Main Training Kit Partner, Qatar Airways will now become an even more integral part of our club, accompanying our players in every training session and enjoying global visibility during the team’s pre-match warm-ups. We hope to be able to achieve new and exciting goals with Qatar Airways.”
Building on the success of flying the team to Riyadh for the Supercoppa Italiana in January 2024, Qatar Airways has repeatedly demonstrated its commitment to supporting Inter’s competitive aspirations. The journey with Qatar Airways continues, chartering the Italian Champions to compete in the new season for intercontinental matches.
As the winner of the Skytrax World’s Best Airline title for a record eighth time, Qatar Airways will continue to facilitate international travel for Inter fans to witness the legendary Italian team compete at the San Siro Stadium. Additionally, the airline will continue to exhibit its visibility around Inter’s home stadium, while delivering exciting activations to engage fans which fuses the worlds of sports, arts and design, further solidifying the bond between Qatar Airways and the city of Milan.
The airline currently operates from three airports in Italy, with 21 daily flights from Milan Malpensa, 21 weekly flights from Rome Fiumicino and 7 flights from Venice Marco Polo.
About Inter
Founded in 1908, FC Internazionale Milano, or Inter, is globally renowned as one of the world’s most successful football teams.
The club’s trophy haul includes 20 Italian league titles, 9 Coppa Italias, 8 Italian Super Cups, 3 UEFA Cups, 2 European Cups, 1 UEFA Champions League, 2 Intercontinental Cups and 1 FIFA Club World Cup. Inter is one of the seven teams to have done the treble – Champions League, national championship and national cup – in the same year (2010), and the only Italian club never to have been relegated in its 113-year history. Inter is a global brand with more than 500 million followers worldwide.
The club boasts a cutting-edge, world-famous youth academy. Over the years Nerazzurri youth teams have won more than 56 trophies, producing many full internationals and dozens of other professionals who have gone on to play in the major European leagues.
About Qatar Airways
A multiple award-winning airline, Qatar Airways won the ‘World’s Best Airline’ for the unprecedented eighth time at the 2024 World Airline Awards, managed by the international air transport rating organisation, Skytrax. Qatar Airways has been the World’s Best Airline in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2024. The airline continues to be synonymous with excellence, also taking home, ‘World’s Best Business Class’, ‘World’s Best Business Class Airline Lounge’, and ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’. As leaders in industry innovation and digital adoption, Qatar Airways was also recently voted the ‘World’s Best Airline Website’ by World Travel Tech Awards.
Qatar Airways was the first Airline in the Middle East to be certified to the highest level of IATA’s Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) programme, based on recognised environmental management system principles (such as ISO 14001). As an inaugural signatory to the Buckingham Palace Declaration in March 2016, Qatar Airways became the first airline globally to be certified to the industry standard for the prevention of illegal wildlife trafficking in aviation.
<p “=””>Qatar Airways currently flies to over 170 destinations worldwide, connecting through its Doha hub, Hamad International Airport, the ‘World’s Best Airport’, as voted by Skytrax in 2021, 2022, and 2024. In 2024, Hamad International Airport also received the ‘Best Airport in the Middle East’ accolade for 10 consecutive years, as well as ‘World’s Best Airport Shopping’ for the second year in a row.
