Qatar Airways today published a PR note about its investment in Air Italy. The note starts like this: “Following recent false accusations relating to Qatar Airways’ shareholding in Air Italy, such baseless statements and consistent inaccuracies need addressing as…
On March 4 we reported on the signing of the new aviation agreement between the European Union and Qatar. From the European Commission press release, it was not clear what the implications of the agreement are. With some delay, Airinsight…
The European Union and Qatar have officially signed their aviation agreement on March 4. It has been hailed by EU-commissioner Violeta Bulc as a huge improvement over existing agreements with the Gulf state country, but until we can read the…
Qatar Airways bought a 5% stake in China Southern Airlines, both companies announced on January 2 on a deal concluded on December 28, 2018. Qatar bought on-market A and H shares of China Southern Airlines Company Limited (CSACL) for an…
The results are grim. Etihad reported a loss of $1.9bn. Emirates announced its first decline in profits in five years. And Qatar is besieged and indications are to expect it to report 30% lower revenues because of the neighboring countries…
It is quite remarkable how quickly the ME3 became tier one players in the global airline industry. As the chart illustrates, Etihad is the smallest of the ME3. Because Etihad was the smallest but had the same task of “showing…