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Emirates named ‘World’s Best Airline’; Qatar Airways and Etihad in Top 10
Middle East carriers including Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad ranked as best in world by Telegraph Travel
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Middle East airlines set to suffer $11.4bn losses in 2021-22 as Covid impact persists
New IATA figures reveal that regional carriers will continue to sluggish performance as they rely heavily on international markets
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How Qatar Airways plans to rebound from pandemic disruption
National carrier says it will operate over 1,200 weekly flight to more than 140 destination as part of new summer schedule
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Etihad Airways, Gulf Air ink deal to deepen commercial ties
UAE, Bahrain national carriers will initially expand a codeshare agreement signed in 2019
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Video: Qatar and Saudi begin flights to one another after peace accord
Qatar Airways has announced it will resume flights to Saudi Arabia from Monday, January 11, in the latest step forward since the signing of the AlUla peace accord which ended the rift between Doha, the Kingdom, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt.