Pravat Paikray. Saurabh Singhal. Suzee Brain. Ezio Balarini. Steve Johnson. Walter Seib. Ben Green. Jane Nicholls. Lana Cramer. Cristina Bowerman. Yvonne Kam. Pat Murray. Mark Angela. Jeremy Fennell. Neil Campbell. Zenola Campbell. Martin Moodie. Dermot Davitt. Since Qatar Airways joined one world in , it has been a leading contributor to the alliance and we are honoured to have His Excellency Mr Al Baker serve as our next Governing Board Chairman.
We look forward to working with him to further strengthen and grow the alliance, as we position one world for an industry recovery. For media queries, please contact press oneworld. Fiji Airways is a one world connect partner. And now your old friends, as it were, are back. Flying high: Qatar Airways is continuing to extend its global network through From a pure business point of view — airline, airport but also commercial retail — the ending of the blockade must have come as a timely boost given everything that was happening with COVID.
Yes, but I think it was more than just a timely boost. It was a time for people to take account of what damage the blockade had caused to everybody.
Most of the brands are coming in two locations. All the brands that are here are also booking spaces in the expansion. Are there some special surprises in store within the expansion? But I prefer not to tell that to you yet and to wait till when it is ready a little bit later than this time next year.
I look forward to it. Tell us about those please. The Moodie Davitt will report on location from the opening next month. It will not be a normal Starbucks; you have to have the top level.
Then soon, we are going to open two major lounges. We have just opened a multi-brand casual clothing area, which you have already seen. We have opened Adidas. We are then opening another room hotel in the other end of the airport. And of course, additional premium lounges in order for our passengers to have tranquility, which unfortunately at peak times with our current capacity we are not able to give them.
All this positivity, I think, serves as an elixir not just for the consumer but also for brands. Every brand in the world has felt the trauma of the pandemic. But we are very choosy after people leave us. We also now have now a lot of food outlets that are wanting to come here and open. We encourage this because we want people to have an airport where everything that they can think of is available.
That you aim to create a single integrated experience in this airport. We have something for everybody. How excited are you about the Hamad expansion due to open in ? We always want to shift the goal posts. And that is really the vision of the country — we want to be best in everything we do. And now with my mandate of tourism, that is my next challenge, to bring Qatar as a major tourist destination in our region. The entire area has been redeveloped to preserve its architectural and historical heritage; to look like a 19th-century souq, with mud-rendered shops and exposed timber beams, along with some authentic and beautifully restored original Qatari buildings.
And you have a beautiful country and a wonderful culture. And we have been very bad at communicating. We will communicate in a different way than what we used to do in the past. Chief, if you had one message to our industry and to the brands of the world what would it be? I know that travel retail is passing through very difficult times in many countries where the tax authorities now want also to milk the industry.
We want to do the opposite. We want to encourage the travel trade to offer their customers the best value for money. And this is what we will do — keep on investing and welcoming the travel trade to flourish at our airport.
Coming soon: These renderings capture both the ambition and the diversity of the imminent openings in the South Node. Qatar Duty Free has chosen to take its news, books and convenience offer currently run by WHSmith offer in-house. In , he introduced the first ever double beds in business class and has a number of substantial orders in for new planes, though he is never shy of criticising manufacturers for delays or mistakes. As well as numerous private business interests, Mr.
While Al Baker can come across as aloof and unapproachable, his passion for his work and his determination to make Qatar Airways the best in the world is undeniable. At one point, a group were standing around him in a circle when the seatbelt sign came on.
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