Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways launches new flights to Thai holiday

Oman - Muslimchronicle

Qatar Airways has responded to increased customer demand for services to Thailand by launching direct flights to Pattaya, the airline’s fifth route to the country. The new four-times-a-week service, which starts on 28 January 2018, is in addition to the airline’s existing flights to Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket and soon to be launched, Chiang Mai. The launch of the service toRead more

Qatar buys 9.6% of Cathay Pacific

Doha - Muslimchronicle

Qatar Airways has bought a stake in Cathay Pacific, it announced Monday, giving the Doha-based airline a toehold in the potentially lucrative Asian aviation market. The state-owned Gulf carrier said it had acquired a 9.6 percent stake in Cathay, which would make it the third largest shareholder in the Hong Kong airline. Bloomberg News said the deal was worth $662Read more

Middle East air passenger demand slows in September

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

Middle East carriers in September recorded the slowest rise in air passenger demand since February 2009, primarily because of a slowdown in the North American market. Year-on-year growth in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs), the industry bellwether for passenger demand, flown by Middle Eastern airlines slowed to 3.7 percent in September while annualized RPKs had just grown 2 percent since theRead more

Bahrain denies opening airspace to Qatar

Manama - Musimchronicle

The Kingdom of Bahrain has denied media reports alleging that the Kingdom has opened its airspace to Qatar Airways, affirming that Bahrain's sovereign skies remain closed to all planes owned by or registered in Qatar. The Bahrain News Agency quoted the Civil Aviation Affairs at the Bahraini Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunication as saying in a statement Wednesday that allRead more

Qatar offers visa-free entry to 80 nationalities

Doha - Muslimchronicle

Qatar, isolated by its neighbours in a diplomatic crisis, on Wednesday introduced a visa-free entry programme for 80 nationalities to stimulate air transport and tourism. "The visa exemption scheme will make Qatar the most open country in the region," tourism department official Hassan al-Ibrahim told a news conference in Doha. Interior ministry official Mohamed Rashed al-Mazrouei said that nationals ofRead more

Qatar Airways drops plan to buy stake

Doha - Muslimchronicle

Qatar Airways announced Wednesday it has dropped plans to buy a 10-percent stake in American Airlines, as Doha remains embroiled in a diplomatic row with its neighbours. A review of the planned move "demonstrated that the investment no longer meets our objectives," the company said in a statement, without elaborating. The Qatari airline's surprise plan to buy at least $808Read more

American Airlines ends codeshare deals

Washington - Muslimchronicle

American Airlines said Wednesday it was ending its codeshare relationships with Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways as part of its push against government subsidies of Middle Eastern carriers. American notified Doha-based Qatar Airways and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad of its decision on June 29 to end the "codeshare" partnership -- the sharing of a flight by two carriers. Maintaining the programRead more

Qatar Airways says flights now exempt

Doha - Muslimchronicle

Qatar Airways announced on Thursday that it had won exemption from a US ban on passengers taking laptops and tablet computers on flights from its Doha hub. It is the latest carrier after Abu Dhabi's Etihad, Dubai's Emirates and Turkish Airlines to meet new rules imposed by Washington in March for direct flights from 10 airports in Turkey, the MiddleRead more

Gulf crisis threatens transit business

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

Qatar Airways has made Doha a global hub in just a few years, but barring it from Gulf states' airspace threatens its position as a major transcontinental carrier, experts say. Along with its Gulf peers -- Dubai's Emirates Airlines and Abu Dhabi's Etihad -- Qatar's national carrier has captured a sizable portion of transit travel, capitalising on the Gulf's centralRead more

Garuda Indonesia to take over

Jakarta - Muslimchronicle

National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia would take over some passengers of Qatar Airways who have taken the Jakarta-Saudi Arabia flight route. "We have a cooperation with Qatar Airways that some passengers, who would fly from Jakarta to Saudi Arabia, would be transferred to Garuda Indonesias flight," President and CEO of PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, Pahala N Mansyuri, told ANTARARead more