All Qatar Airways articles – Page 9
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News
Qatar begins transpacific freighter flights
Qatar Airways has started operating freighter flights from Doha to Macau and onward to Los Angeles and Mexico City.
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Opinion
OPINION: Alliance power-play as Al Baker vents his frustrations
Irritations with partner airlines have prompted Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker to question the value of being in a global alliance. Frustrated by what he sees as obstructive behaviour by Oneworld partners American Airlines and Qantas, he is threatening to withdraw the carrier unless things change.
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Frustrated Al Baker threatens Qatar Oneworld withdrawal
Qatar Airways will pull out of the Oneworld alliance if certain partner airlines continue with unfounded accusations and blocking tactics, warns group chief executive Akbar Al Baker.
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Qatar still to finalise engine choice for A321neo order
Qatar Airways will start taking delivery of Airbus A321neos in 2020 but is yet to finalise the engine selection.
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Qatar A350 order switch specifies new longer-range -1000
The new batch of five Airbus A350-1000s ordered by Qatar Airways will be the longer-range version, featuring higher gross weights.
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Qatar converts five A350-900s to larger -1000
Qatar Airways is taking another five Airbus A350-1000s, by converting previous orders for five A350-900s.
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Qatar Airways defiant as blockade generates heavy losses
Middle Eastern carrier Qatar Airways has revealed a full-year group pre-tax loss of QR156 million ($43 million), as the airline reeled from the effect of a Gulf blockade on the state.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How Gulf giants have rethought capacity moves
After their decade of rapid growth left no corner of the globe untouched, the major Gulf carrier have entered an unsettled period, necessitating a more nuanced approach to network development.
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News
Qatar Airways still keen on India unit and IndiGo stake
Qatar Airways remains interested in establishing an airline in India, and remains open to taking a stake in IndiGo.
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Qatar Airways sees growth opportunities for US partner JetSuite
Qatar Airways group is using its stake in US private charter operator JetSuite to invest in the North American airline sector and sees strong growth opportunities for the business.
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News
FARNBOROUGH: Air Italy stresses separation from Qatar brand
Air Italy chief customer experience officer Rossen Dimitrov has stressed during the Farnborough air show that the relaunched Meridiana is "an Italian brand" and that its relationship with Qatar Airways is simply about "learning".
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FARNBOROUGH: Qatar and JetSuite seal collaboration with a handshake
The chief executives of Qatar Airways and JetSuite came together at the show yesterday to publicaly endorse their collaboration.
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FARNBOROUGH: Supply-chain production pressure a worry – Al Baker
Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker has raised concerns about the increasing pressure on the supply chain as aircraft manufacturers push up production rates.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus proposes longer-range A350-1000 to Qatar
Airbus is working on a further A350-1000 range increase which Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker expects will create a "huge competitor" to the aircraft's rival, the Boeing 777-300ER.
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FARNBOROUGH: Jumbo duo boosts show's Cargo Village
The Boeing 747 may have been absent from the Farnborough air show during its heyday in the 1970s, but this year there two jumbos have turned up.
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FARNBOROUGH: Qatar Airways finalises order for five 777Fs
Oneworld carrier Qatar Airways has finalised an order for five Boeing 777 freighters at the Farnborough air show.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Just two women among the chiefs of top 100 airlines
Weeks after Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker stoked controversy with his "joke" at the IATA AGM that his airline had to be led by a man, FlightGlobal's latest survey of gender diversity in the industry shows that the number of female chief executives among the top 100 carriers ...
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News
Farnborough's Cargo Village fills up as 747 attendees confirmed
Two Boeing 747-8 Freighters will be among the logistics transport exhibits at next month's Farnborough air show, which will also feature an Antonov An-124 airlifter.
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Qatar Farnborough line-up features A350-1000 and 747-8F
Qatar Airways is intending to have a strong presence at next month's Farnborough air show, with a five-jet line-up including the A350-1000 and a Boeing 747-8 freighter.
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Opinion
OPINION: Al Baker's crass comments should spur action
If IATA was hoping that its new chairman, Qatar Airways' Akbar Al Baker, would reveal a formerly hidden talent for diplomacy in his new role, then it has been left sadly disappointed.