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Terminal 2 at Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Roissy. (Reuters)

False Alarm Delays London-Bound Plane at Paris Airport

by Thaer Abbas | Sep 17, 2017 | World

A false security alarm delayed on Sunday a British Airways plane at Paris’ international airport. Police and firefighters checked the plane on the tarmac of the Charles de Gaulle airport after reports of a security threat, which turned out to be a false alarm. A...

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People wait with their luggage at Heathrow Terminal 5 in London, Britain May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall

British Airways Resumes Flights from Gatwick, Heathrow after IT Crash

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 28, 2017 | World

British Airways resumed some flights from Britain’s two biggest airports on Sunday after a global IT crash crippled the airline, grounding planes and leaving thousands of passengers stranded and queuing for hours. BA said it aimed to operate a near normal...

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Qatari men take pictures after the Airbus A320-200 aircraft chartered by Qatar Airways landed at Doha’s new Hamad International Airport, on April 30, 2014. (Reuters/Fadi Al-Assaad

Qatar takes full control of national airline

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 6, 2014 | Business

Dubai, Reuters—Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has bought the stakes in its national airline owned by a former prime minister and other shareholders, making Qatar Airways a fully government-owned entity, the carrier’s chief executive said on Monday. A...

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A British Airways airplane waits on the tarmac for a flight to Heathrow airport in Britain on January 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel)

British Airways exec: Competition for Middle East strong

by Jocelyn Elia | Mar 30, 2014 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—British Airways’ Middle East regional commercial manager highlighted the importance of the Middle East to the British flag carrier, saying that British Airways (BA) has increased the number of flights it operates from the region to London’s...