Australian Transport Minister Catherine King said three weeks ago that the examinations of 13 Australian women who had boarded a Qatar Airways plane to Sydney were a factor in her decision in July to refuse the Qatar government-owned airline additional flights to Australia.
Qatar Airways has assured an Australian Senate inquiry that there will be no repeat of the incident in 2020 where female passengers were subjected to invasive gynecological examinations at Doha s international airport. The airline s senior vice president, Matt Raos, described it as a "one-off incident" and stated their commitment to ensuring it never happens again.
The executive was speaking at a Senate inquiry into Transport Minister Catherine King's decision to turn down Qatar's bids for more flights to Australia earlier this month.