Qatar is now using Syrian airspace

While several airlines are set to resume flights to Syria, Doha-based Qatar Airways has emerged as the first foreign airline to begin using Syrian airspace for overflight. It’s the first time in almost a decade that an international carrier (other than Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines) has both obtained permission from the Syrian government and then exercised its new right to overfly Damascus. Some Qatar Airways flights from Beirut and Larnaca have now started to fly over Syrian airspace. Beirut… (www.gulf-times.com) Más...