Qatar Airways files $69 million loss amid Gulf crisis


AFP
| 2018/09/19 | 267 words | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | AIR TRANSPORT

Qatar Airways on Tuesday posted a net loss of over $69 million in the year to March 2018, blaming the "illegal blockade" against Doha by a Saudi-led bloc of countries.The tiny Gulf emirate's national airline said the period had been "the most challenging year in its 20-year history".Saudi Arabia and its allies broke off diplomatic relations with gas-rich Qatar on June 5, 2017.They closed all land, sea and air links with the emirate over its alleged proximity to Saudi Arabia's arch-enemy Iran...(…)

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