All Qatar Airways articles – Page 8
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The increasing spread of airline acquisitions
If in recent years it was Etihad Airways that appeared to be the main international airline suitor for carriers seeking new investors, over the last 18 months its Gulf peer Qatar Airways, China's HNA Group and Delta Air Lines have all emerged as buyers in the market.
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FARNBOROUGH: Qatar Airways to take up to 10% stake in LATAM
Qatar Airways is to acquire a stake of up to 10% in its Oneworld partner LATAM Airlines Group through a capital increase.
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FARNBOROUGH: Qatar in talks for up to 30 737s amid A320neo saga
Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker has disclosed that talks with Boeing over a potential order for up to 30 737s are "quite advanced" as he examines alternatives to his stalled Airbus A320neo deal.
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Royal Jordanian and Qatar expand Oneworld codeshare
Oneworld partners Royal Jordanian and Qatar Airways are expanding their codeshare arrangement.
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P&W prepares to modify first in-service PW1100G
Pratt & Whitney will soon begin modifying a Lufthansa-operated PW1100G geared turbofan with changes aimed at reducing engine start delays.
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IATA: No board seat envisaged in Qatar's IAG investment strategy
Qatar Airways sees its acquisition of a stake in IAG as part of a long-term strategic investment plan but not one that will require the airline to take a board seat as long as the current management structure remains in place.
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Cebu Pacific to up Manila-Doha frequency
Cebu Pacific plans to up its Manila-Doha service on 9 July.
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P&W fix will cut PW1100G start-up delay in half
Pratt & Whitney is rolling out software and hardware fixes this summer that will reduce PW1100G start-up delays to between 90sec and 100sec, down from about 3min, the company tells Flightglobal.
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Qatar CEO confident A320neo engine fix coming
A meeting with Pratt & Whitney executives 10 days ago left Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker confident his list of complaints about the engine he ordered to power 50 Airbus A320neos will be partly resolved by mid-year.
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Fuel price decline eases Qatar's concerns on A380 efficiency
Qatar Airways delayed deliveries of four on-order Airbus A380s out of concern about the economics of operating the double-deck type before the recent fuel price decline.
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PICTURE: Singapore Airlines takes delivery of its first A350-900
Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, with the aircraft ferrying into Singapore Changi airport from Toulouse on 3 March.
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New Qatar cargo routes include Ho Chi Minh City
Qatar Airways is to open freighter services to three more destinations including Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City.
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Qatar chief points to air traffic control in Miami collision
Qatar Airways chief Akbar Al Baker says instructions from air traffic controllers resulted in the September runway light collision in Miami, despite evidence of confusion in the cockpit.
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Qatar 777 collision probe focuses on intersection riddle
Investigators have revealed that a departing Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300ER overran the runway at Miami airport before becoming airborne and striking approach lights as it climbed away.
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Qatar to axe Osaka route in 2016
Middle Eastern carrier Qatar Airways has decided to stop its Doha-Osaka service in March next year for "commercial reasons".
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DUBAI: Qatar Airways chief hails 787 despite early issues
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker declared the Boeing 787 to be a "game changer" as the carrier took delivery of its 25th example in a ceremony held today at the Dubai air show, where the aircraft is on static display.
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DUBAI: A350 stops at air show during Middle Eastern tour
Two Airbus A350s will be present at the Dubai air show, a Qatar Airways aircraft complementing the airframer’s MSN2 which will conduct the flying display.
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Big deals by Gulf trio unlikely at Dubai
This year's Dubai air show, which kicks off on 8 November, almost certainly won't bring a repeat of the orders bonanza that characterised 2013's instalment, with the big-three carriers now bedding in new aircraft and assessing the next steps in their fleet strategies.
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Opinion
OPINION: Decisive action needed to resolve US-Gulf open-skies row
As the row between the US majors and the Gulf carriers rumbles on, it is still unclear how it will end.
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Qatar Airways accuses European rivals of meddling in US dispute
Qatar Airways believes that rival European network carriers have been encouraging their US partners to complain about the Gulf carriers in the current spat over open skies.
