Articles tagged “qatar airways”

First among the big Gulf region airlines, and seventh in the world, the Qatar Dreamliner underlines the region growing significance in aviation.

USA Today uses Qatar's delivery of its first Boeing Dreamliner today as an opportunity to review how the Gulf airlines established new industry standards despite being latecomers in the international skies.

International competitors are intimidated by Gulf airlines on their own and continue to block their traffic rights, so one can only imagine the industry’s reaction to the merger that would have put airlines over the edge.

Lufthansa's sabre rattling and allusions to threats out of Iran sound like something spoken a decade or two ago. Whatever century its from, it sounds like the words of a man who's losing.

Could this be a precursor to Qatar taking a stake in IAG, British Airways' parent company? That is surely a next logical step, analysts say.

Qatar Airways has landed big, and finally joins Oneworld, though some are questioning the long term viability of alliances as more airlines moves towards bilateral codeshare agreements.

Myanmar and Yangon desperately need more airport capacity, as the rush of tourists flow in.

The months of speculation has ended, and the Gulf carriers have finally arrived after facing years of hostility from Western carriers.

With the end of the Qatar/British Midlands relationship flyers miss out on one of the few opportunities to use miles for travel on Qatar.