Regulations and Government
Despite Overflight Bans, Qatar Airways Carries On
With tensions simmering between Qatar and its Middle East neighbors, the award-winning airline says its schedule has not been severly impacted.
Despite having to make detours around airspace closed due to political tensions, Qatar Airways reports the vast majority of its flights are experiencing little to no delays on departure.
Despite having to make detours around airspace closed due to political tensions, Qatar Airways reports the vast majority of its flights are experiencing little to no delays on departure.

Qatar Airways has announced that 90 percent of its flights are departing within 15 minutes of their scheduled departure, despite the presence of an overflight blockade imposed on Qatar by a group of neighboring Persian Gulf states including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. Those countries, along with Libya and Yemen, severed diplomatic ties with Qatar earlier this month over its alleged ties to Iran and terrorism.