Qatar Telecom QSC, the country’s largest company by revenue, is mulling plans to sell shares to the public in its Iraqi unit in two years, according to its chief strategy officer. “We are beginning to think now about doing an IPO in Baghdad,” Jeremy Sell said at a presentation in the Qatari capital Doha today. […]
AKnews reports that the first direct flight between Sulaimaniya and the Qatari capital, Doha, commenced on Wednesday. Dana Mohammed, media secretary for Sulaimaniya International Airport, told AKnews on Thursday that the route is being operated by FlyDubai, the UAE-based budget carrier, in conjunction with the local Zozg and Azmar airlines, and will offer two flight […]
The spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Transport said on Saturday that direct flights between Baghdad and the Qatari capital, Doha will commence today [Monday]. Initially there will be only one flight per week, according to the report from AKnews. The spokesman stated that Iraq wants to open direct flights with all developed countries which […]
The Qatar Fuel Company (Woqod) is entering the UAE and Iraqi markets with its automotive lubricants. “We are launching our lubricants within the region and to other markets such as Africa and Asia and the CIS countries,” said Mohamed Turki al-Sobai, vice chairman and managing director of Woqod, after appointing distributors to the UAE and […]
Ali al-Dabbagh, the official spokesperson of the Iraqi government has said that the transportation minister has been authorised by the cabinet to sign an aviation transportation agreement with Qatar, Aswat al-Iraq has reported. The agreement aims to overcome difficulties and delays in aviation transportation between the two countries, he said. ( AME Info FZ LLC […]
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al-Baker has said the airline has received approval to fly to Baghdad, Erbil, and Najaf in Iraq
FlyDubai’s chief executive CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith, has said the airline is considering starting up services to Iraq."Iraq is definitely on our radar" and that the country is "currently underserved" he said. The chief executive of Qatar Airways has also said it was looking at expanding to multiple cities in the war-scarred country. If the […]
Qatar Telecommunications Co QTEL.QA (Qtel) announced on Wednesday that it more than doubled its first-quarter net profit, beating analysts' expectations. They posted a first quarter net profit of 1.2 billion riyals ($329.8 million), compared with 593.7 million riyals a year-ago. Analysts polled by Reuters expected a first quarter net profit of 644.7 million riyals.[nLDE63A03Y] Expected […]
