Qatar Airways on Thursday began to re-route flights through Saudi airspace as authorized under the terms of an agreement reached among members of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Egypt that eased the airspace restrictions they imposed on Qatar in 2017. The first flight left Doha for Johannesburg at 8:45 pm local time, the airline said in a tweet issued just ahead of a statement from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) welcoming the deal reached Tuesday.
The agreement, brokered by the U.S. and Kuwait and reached during the GCC annual summit, lifts the economic and…
Qatari vehicles crossed into Saudi Arabia through a land border on Saturday for the first time since Arab states severed diplomatic and transport ties with Doha in mid-2017, Saudi state TV said, following a deal this week to restore relations.