Airlines
Qatar Airways Enters New Era as Al Meer Takes Helm
Akbar Al Baker's retirement after 27 years opens door for new generation of leadership
Retired Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker and new CEO Badr Al Meer
Akbar Al Baker (left) has handed over the leadership of Qatar Airways' to new CEO Badr Al Meer. (Photo: Qatar)

In one of the periodic infusions of new blood increasingly seen in the Gulf, Qatar Airways is looking ahead to a new generation of leadership with the appointment of incoming CEO Badr Al Meer.

Qatar Airways announced on October 23 that group chief executive Akbar Al Baker would step down effective November 5, yielding contol of the airline to Al Meer. The airline gave no reason for Al Baker’s departure.