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UN body rules in favor of expanding Qatari airspace

UN body rules in favor of expanding Qatari airspace The judgment by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) comes six months after GCC summit ending three year embargo of Qatar by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt. A Qatar Airways Airbus A350 takes off from Hamad International Airport near the Qatari capital, Doha, on the first commercial flight to Saudi Arabia in three and a half years following a Gulf diplomatic thaw, on Jan. 11, 2021. - KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images July 22, 2021 The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations body, has given preliminary support to Qatar s quest to gain control of its airspace just months after the Gulf state mended ties with its neighbors following a yearslong rift. Doha would have control of two new regions known as the Doha Flight Information Region (FIR) along with an additional Doha Search and Rescue Region (SRR). Qatar had previously ceded control of its airspace to neighboring B

Qatar takes a step closer to expanding airspace after ICAO agrees with proposal

Updated On: 17 July 2021 11:43 am Qatar takes a step closer to expanding airspace after ICAO agrees with proposal The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council has agreed, in principle, during the meetings of the ICAO Council 223rd Session that began on June 18th, 2021 with the establishment of a Doha Flight Information Region (FIR) and Doha Search and Rescue Region (SRR) drawing on Qatar’s proposal, which would include Qatar’s sovereign airspace and, to optimize safety and efficiency of the regional airspace, other contiguous airspaces over the high seas. The proposal of Qatar also included its intention to withdraw from the current arrangement whereby it has delegated to Bahrain the provision of air navigation services over its sovereign territory in accordance with paragraphs 2.1.1 of Annex 11 to the Chicago Convention.

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