2021-01-14 10:35:29 GMT2021-01-14 18:35:29(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CAIRO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) EgyptAir, the national flagship carrier, decided to operate a daily flight to the Qatari capital Doha starting Jan. 18, the airline company said on Thursday.
Egypt s Ministry of Civil Aviation on Tuesday announced lifting a three-and-half-year airspace ban on the Gulf country. In light of the Egyptian government s decision of reopening the air traffic for resuming flights from and to Qatar, EgyptAir has decided to operate flight MS935/MS936 between Cairo and Doha starting from Jan. 18, according to a statement posted on the company s official facebook page.
The company has offered 20 percent discount on the flights ticket from Doha to Cairo until the end of January, it added.
2021-01-12 14:05:59 GMT2021-01-12 22:05:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CAIRO, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) Egypt officially reopened its airspace to Qatari aircraft on Tuesday, ending over three years airspace ban on the Gulf state, official news agency MENA reported on Tuesday. The move allows EgyptAir, the country s flag carrier, and Qatar Airways to resume air traffic and exchange flight schedules between the Egyptian and Qatari civil authorities for approval, chairman of Egypt s Civil Aviation Authority Ashraf Noweir was quoted by MENA as saying.
The aviation authority has also approved a request by the Qatari authorities to allow Qatari aircraft to pass through the Egyptian airspace, Noweir added.
Italy hails end of boycott of Qatar by Arab states 05 gennaio 2021 | 21.48
Ministero degli affari esteri Farnesina Š Sergio Pozzi
Italy on Tuesday warmly welcomed the announcement by Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states that they were ending a more-than-three-year-old boycott of Qatar that stoked western fears of Iran s growing strength in the region. Italy warmly welcomes the outcomes of the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit of 5 January with the adoption of the Al-Ula Manifesto, which marks the start of the normalization of relations within the Organization, and the announcement of the reopening of Saudi airspace with Qatar, said a foreign ministry statement.
Three years after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt embargoed trade and travel with Qatar, the blockade was lifted at the Gulf Cooperation Council [GCC] Summit last week. Kuwait’s painstaking diplomacy, the outgoing American Administration’s desire to damage Qatar’s ties to Iran, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s attempt to emerge as a leader, all of the above brought about the reconciliation. But the leaders have been tight-lipped and the details of the actual bargain struck have not been revealed.
The resumption of travel and trade links would certainly ease the financial pressure on Qatar which albeit filthy rich, thanks to huge reserves of natural gas, is also spending big bucks on preparing the desert country to host the next football world cup. It would, however, much to the delight of the anti-Iran lobby in America, drastically reduce the money Iran was able to make since it offered Qatar a more frequent use of its airspace.