ICAO agreed, in principle with the establishment of a Doha Flight Information Region (FIR) and Doha Search and Rescue Region (SRR).
Qatar to establish its own Flight Information Region in its airspace.
Qatar to withdraw from an agreement signed with Bahrain, under which it had delegated its air navigation services.
The proposal represents one of the sovereign rights of the State of Qatar.
Qatar announced today that the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) gave preliminary approval to country’s proposal to control its own airspace, months after settling a row with its Gulf neighbors.
According to Qatari officials, the UN body has given its consent ‘in principle’ to let Qatar establish its own Flight Information Region (FIR) in its airspace.