Company Insights Qatar Airways Aviation Qatar Airways News Business of Sport Qatar a step closer to hosting rugby Nations Championship Qatar has been given a two-month period of exclusivity to negotiate a deal to bring rugby’s Nations Championship to the Gulf state, according to reports. Last month Doha’s sport-focused Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy proposed an £800 million ($1 billion) eight-year deal to stage a six-match finals series, involving all 12 tier-one nations, starting […] June 6, 2024 Aviation Emirates seeks damages from Boeing over jet delays Emirates is seeking compensation from US planemaker Boeing for delays in the delivery of the 777X wide-body aircraft, a news report said. Boeing has not provided a clear timeline for the delivery of the new 777X jet, Reuters reported, quoting Emirates president Tim Clark. While the Dubai-headquartered airline is refurbishing many of its existing 777 […] June 3, 2024 Aviation South African Airways denies talks with Qatar Airways South African Airways has denied it is talking to Qatar Airways about an equity injection, as observers suggest RwandAir is the Qatari carrier’s most likely target. Qatar Airways’ CEO Badr Mohammed Al Meer set rumours racing earlier this month when he revealed that the state-owned airline was “at the final stage of an equity investment” […] May 29, 2024 Aviation Oman seeks investors for new low-cost airline Oman plans to launch a new low-cost airline amid a global tourism rebound and the continued expansion of the Gulf state’s aviation sector. In a post on the social messaging platform X (formerly Twitter), the country’s civil aviation authority (CAA) announced an investment opportunity for a new low-cost airline operator in the sultanate. No further […] May 29, 2024 Aviation Qatar Airways urges Boeing and Airbus to address delays The head of state-run Qatar Airways has urged Airbus and Boeing to address supply chain issues to prevent airlines from “bleeding”. “I know they are under so much pressure when it comes to the supply chain market,” Reuters reported, quoting Badr Mohammed Al Meer speech at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha. Airbus and Boeing need to […] May 16, 2024 Aviation Qatar and Rwanda to open airport in ‘heart of Africa’ by 2028 Qatar Airways and RwandAir will open a major international airport in Rwanda’s capital Kigali by 2028, the airlines said this week. The Qatari flag carrier has also announced plans to take a stake in a southern African airline to cement its expansion plans on the continent. RwandAir and Qatar Airways, which have a code-sharing agreement, […] May 15, 2024 Analysis Aviation Qatar dazzles as Middle East aviation picks up pace The Middle East’s aviation sector is growing at twice the global rate and is expected to offer 257 million passenger seats this year, according to a new report. Not so long ago major airlines viewed the Middle East as a place to get cheap fuel on their way from Europe to South East Asia. Now […] May 8, 2024 Opinion Aviation The grand plan for DWC finally gets the go-ahead After years of waiting, we have a timescale for delivery of what will be the world’s largest airport April 30, 2024 Opinion Aviation Saudi Arabia’s 2030 passenger target is a hard climb The kingdom will view hard-to-achieve passenger growth figures as a challenge, not a deterrent April 11, 2024 Aviation Revenue up at Oman Air but pressure still on, say experts Oman Air has posted increased revenues for the past year but the sultanate’s flag carrier still faces difficult times ahead, aviation industry experts say. The heavily indebted airline launched a restructuring process last August in an attempt to balance the books within the next four years. Oman Air’s net losses in 2023 fell by 36 […] April 2, 2024 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 5 6 7 … 15 Next
Business of Sport Qatar a step closer to hosting rugby Nations Championship Qatar has been given a two-month period of exclusivity to negotiate a deal to bring rugby’s Nations Championship to the Gulf state, according to reports. Last month Doha’s sport-focused Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy proposed an £800 million ($1 billion) eight-year deal to stage a six-match finals series, involving all 12 tier-one nations, starting […] June 6, 2024
Aviation Emirates seeks damages from Boeing over jet delays Emirates is seeking compensation from US planemaker Boeing for delays in the delivery of the 777X wide-body aircraft, a news report said. Boeing has not provided a clear timeline for the delivery of the new 777X jet, Reuters reported, quoting Emirates president Tim Clark. While the Dubai-headquartered airline is refurbishing many of its existing 777 […] June 3, 2024
Aviation South African Airways denies talks with Qatar Airways South African Airways has denied it is talking to Qatar Airways about an equity injection, as observers suggest RwandAir is the Qatari carrier’s most likely target. Qatar Airways’ CEO Badr Mohammed Al Meer set rumours racing earlier this month when he revealed that the state-owned airline was “at the final stage of an equity investment” […] May 29, 2024
Aviation Oman seeks investors for new low-cost airline Oman plans to launch a new low-cost airline amid a global tourism rebound and the continued expansion of the Gulf state’s aviation sector. In a post on the social messaging platform X (formerly Twitter), the country’s civil aviation authority (CAA) announced an investment opportunity for a new low-cost airline operator in the sultanate. No further […] May 29, 2024
Aviation Qatar Airways urges Boeing and Airbus to address delays The head of state-run Qatar Airways has urged Airbus and Boeing to address supply chain issues to prevent airlines from “bleeding”. “I know they are under so much pressure when it comes to the supply chain market,” Reuters reported, quoting Badr Mohammed Al Meer speech at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha. Airbus and Boeing need to […] May 16, 2024
Aviation Qatar and Rwanda to open airport in ‘heart of Africa’ by 2028 Qatar Airways and RwandAir will open a major international airport in Rwanda’s capital Kigali by 2028, the airlines said this week. The Qatari flag carrier has also announced plans to take a stake in a southern African airline to cement its expansion plans on the continent. RwandAir and Qatar Airways, which have a code-sharing agreement, […] May 15, 2024
Analysis Aviation Qatar dazzles as Middle East aviation picks up pace The Middle East’s aviation sector is growing at twice the global rate and is expected to offer 257 million passenger seats this year, according to a new report. Not so long ago major airlines viewed the Middle East as a place to get cheap fuel on their way from Europe to South East Asia. Now […] May 8, 2024
Opinion Aviation The grand plan for DWC finally gets the go-ahead After years of waiting, we have a timescale for delivery of what will be the world’s largest airport April 30, 2024
Opinion Aviation Saudi Arabia’s 2030 passenger target is a hard climb The kingdom will view hard-to-achieve passenger growth figures as a challenge, not a deterrent April 11, 2024
Aviation Revenue up at Oman Air but pressure still on, say experts Oman Air has posted increased revenues for the past year but the sultanate’s flag carrier still faces difficult times ahead, aviation industry experts say. The heavily indebted airline launched a restructuring process last August in an attempt to balance the books within the next four years. Oman Air’s net losses in 2023 fell by 36 […] April 2, 2024
