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Qatar Airways to introduce A380 on Doha-Melbourne route

Qatar originally launched the route with a 259-seater Boeing 777

Qatar officially introduces labour reforms

The new reforms grant foreign workers more freedom but have been criticised for not going far enough

Qatar launches month-long shopping festival

The event will feature shopping promotions, cash prizes worth up to QAR4m and special offers on flights and hotel bookings

Qatar Airways wants Airbus A321neos instead of A320neo jets

Qatar Airways has cancelled deliveries for at least three A320neo jets

Pictures: Qatar’s largest mall opens in Doha

The $1.48bn Mall of Qatar has faced many delays

Qatar to merge LNG producers Qatargas and RasGas

The transition will take around 12 months to complete

Kremlin says Glencore, Qatari fund to buy stake in Rosneft

The deal was announced days after Russia and OPEC agreed to coordinated output cuts to support oil prices

Qatar Airways announces Doha-Dublin flights

The carrier will begin the service from June next year

Qatar Airways jet makes emergency landing after turbulence injures passengers

According to reports, several passengers were injured during the turbulence

Emirates begins world’s shortest A380 route to Doha

The flying time is less than 1.5 hours between Dubai and Doha

Qatar’s Mejda Group set to develop $220m Tunisian tourism project

The tourism complex will be located just north of the Tunisian capital at Raoued

Revealed: Top 10 companies in Qatar in 2016

The biggest listed companies in Qatar as ranked by market capitalisation

Qatar Airways to launch flights to Rio, Las Vegas as it expands its 2017-18 network

The airline will now launch flights to a total of 15 new destinations in 2017-18

Qatar World Cup organisers award main contract for Lusail stadium

A Qatari-Chinese JV has won the contract to build the 80,000-seater stadium

Qatar, Spain to sign deal for $1bn Latam investment fund in 2017

Negotiations on the agreement have been stalled for almost a year

KLM to suspend Doha route after 33 years

The Dutch carrier said the route had become “unprofitable”

Qatar football coach threatens to resign if foreign-born players excluded

About half of Qatar’s national team are naturalised citizens

Two Qatari women robbed of valuables worth over $5.3m in Paris

The women were robbed when they were travelling from the Le Bourget airport in a taxi

Qatar Airways flight from Miami makes emergency landing in Zurich

The flight’s crew reportedly detected smoke onboard the aircraft

FC Barcelona kits to replace Qatar Airways logo

The football club has signed on Japanese retailer Rakuten as its new shirt sponsor

Qatar Airways gets approval from Brazil regulator for LATAM Airlines stake

Qatar Airways in July agreed to acquire up to 10 per cent of LATAM’s total shares

Global trade union to inspect Qatar 2022 World Cup sites

Qatar has been criticised for poor labour conditions for migrant workers

Qatar Airways fined $185,000 by US for airspace violations

The airline was penalised for operating flights while carrying the American Airlines (AA) code

Qatar to ban alcohol from streets, public places during 2022 World Cup

The head of the country’s organising committee has also said he is against alcohol sales in stadiums

Qatar to double government salaries amid austerity grumbles

Some Qataris’ basic salaries will double, under a law to be passed in January

Qatar worker complaints down following electronic wage payments

Around 85 per cent of Qatar’s 2.1 million workers are now paid by bank transfer

Qatar shifts some state-run health, education services to private sector – emir

The government is putting the finishing touches to a new law that will help it award projects to the private sector

Passenger train service opens at Qatar’s Hamad International

The new train service will reduce walking time for passengers inside the airport

Qatar’s Ooredoo Q3 profit falls 51%

After a period of volatile profitability, the firm had reported rising profits in the previous four quarters

Dubai’s Emirates to start world’s shortest A380 flight

Double-decker aircraft services to Doha from December 1 will mark a new brevity record