Airlines
Despite Gulf Blockade, Qatar Sees Opportunities for Growth
The airline has added airports, routes and technology.
Qatar Airways CEO, Akbar Al Baker, became sitting IATA Board of Governors chairman in 
early June.
Qatar Airways CEO, Akbar Al Baker, became sitting IATA Board of Governors chairman in early June.

While importing domesticated animals may not be the kind of image the Middle East’s top airlines seek to portray, that’s exactly what happened in the case of Qatar Airways last year, when up to 60 flights were arranged to transport 4,000 cows to help local magnate Moutaz Al Khayyat set up a dairy farm. Baladna ("Our Country") was established to stem a dearth of milk products caused by an Arab boycott.


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