{"id":165252,"date":"2024-05-15T12:30:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=165252"},"modified":"2024-05-15T15:19:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:19:55","slug":"qatar-airways-to-invest-in-an-airline-in-southern-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/05\/qatar-airways-to-invest-in-an-airline-in-southern-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways to invest in an airline in southern Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Qatar Airways<\/strong> will soon announce an investment in an airline in southern Africa, its CEO said on Wednesday, part of the Gulf carrier&#8217;s drive to expand its network in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are at the final stage of an equity investment in an airline in the southern part of Africa,&#8221; Badr Mohammed Al Meer said on a panel at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, saying the deal could be announced in two to three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/03\/qatar-airways-resumes-flights-to-osaka-japan.html\">Qatar Airways resumes flights to Osaka, Japan<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meer, who became CEO in November, said the southern part of Africa was a gap in Qatar Airways&#8217; network coverage on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that Qatar Airways wants to expand the fleets of its partner airlines in Africa to improve connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qatar Airways in 2019 took a 60% stake in a new $1.3 billion international airport being built in Rwanda and has code share agreements with several airlines in Africa including Rwandair, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/qatar-airways-invest-an-airline-southern-africa-2024-05-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  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