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Qatar Airways Group on Friday said it is looking to onboard new employees from India to support its global operations and enhance customer experience over the coming months. The company will start accepting applications from Indian citizens for various roles across divisions from September 16, 2022, Qatar Airways Group said in a statement. When contacted, Qatar Airways Group said they will hire a significant number of staff from India but did not provide the numbers. The Indian recruitment drive is part of the group's global recruitment drive as the company looks to rebuild the workforce and fuel expansion, the airline added. In India, the group is targeting to hire staff for its various divisions, ranging from Qatar Airways, Qatar Duty-Free, Qatar Aviation Services, Qatar Airways Catering Company, and Qatar Distribution Company to the Dhiafatina Hotels. With a major focus on growing the customer experience team, the group plans to hire a substantial number of staff for various ro
Qatar Airways, known for on-board comfort and luxury, said Thursday its profits over the fiscal year topped $1.5 bn, marking the highest ever earnings for the carrier
In a codeshare partnership, each carrier on its distribution system can sell seats of other's flights
Over 100 passengers who were on a Qatar Airways Delhi-Doha flight which made an emergency landing in Pakistan's Karachi on Monday due to technical reasons, have taken off in a relief flight for Doha, the airlines said.Qatar Airways provided an update of the flight which had landed in Karachi's Jinnah International Airport. "Passengers on the diverted flight to Karachi, QR579, have now departed on a relief flight & will land in Doha at 4.15 PM local time where they will be assisted with their onward connections. Passengers were served breakfast and refreshments throughout their time in KHI," Qatar Airways tweeted.The Qatar Airways QR579 from Delhi to Doha on March 21 was diverted to Karachi having declared an emergency due to indication of smoke detected in the cargo hold, the airlines said in a statement earlier .According to the statement, the plane had landed safely in Karachi where emergency services were provided after the passengers safely disembarked. Qatar Airways also ...
The counter-offensive is the latest salvo in a months-old contractual and safety dispute that has brought ties between Qatar and one of France's most high-profile firms to a low
The issue has fuelled a war of words between Airbus and Qatar's state carrier
The dispute has led to the grounding of 21 planes out of 53 A350s operated by Qatar Airways and cast a pall over the airline's preparations for the World Cup later this year.
Airbus and one of its biggest customers, Qatar Airways, are embroiled in a legal dispute over the grounding of the larger twin-aisle A350 plane
Delhi's first patient of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a 37-year-old man, has been discharged from the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital.
Qatar Airways says it has grounded 13 Airbus A350s over degradation of the plane's fuselage
'Things will get worse for the Indian aviation industry before they get better,' says industry official
Qatar Airways on Sunday reported revenue losses of USD 1.9 billion for the past year, blaming the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing boycott of Doha by four Arab nations for the drop.
The airline also disclosed it had received a 7.3 billion riyal advance from its owner, the government of Qatar, after March that has since been converted into new shares
Last week, PIA grounded 150 pilots with "dubious licenses" after the preliminary probe report of the Karachi plane crash on May 22 blamed pilots and and air traffic control for the tragedy
The Doha-based carrier offered no figures for the number of employees who will be laid off.
"No! We are not interested in Air India," Akbar Al-Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways, replied to a question on the airline's interest in Air India
The agreement will enable Qatar Airways to place its code on IndiGo flights between Doha and Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad, the companies said
IndiGo, which has about 40% share of the domestic Indian market, is planning an aggressive push into more international destinations
The blockade on Qatar and withdrawal of 28 weekly between Doha and cities of New Delhi and Mumbai has increased the pressure on available seat capacity in Qatar-India routes, the airline said
The grounding of the Jet Airways has led to reduction in capacity and higher fares on international routes