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Jun 13, 2017 (newstodate): Quite surprisingly, ICAO's concept of news coverage and announcements remains dominated by ribbon cutting, photos of important men's hand-shakes and cocktails - while the issue of the airspace blockade over the Gulf region remains uncovered as of this day.
Qatar Airways has now called on the UN aviation body to declare a Gulf boycott against the carrier "illegal" and a violation of a 1944 convention on international air transport.
On TV, Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways CEO, urged ICAO to intervene.
-The International Civil Aviation Organization "should heavily get involved, put their weight behind this to declare this an illegal act, he said.
The airspace blockade against Qatar Airways flights concerns the air above Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt - except for Saudi Arabia all signatories to the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation.
While ICAO keeps aloft, Qatar Airways on June 11, 2017, published its annual report for the fiscal year 2017 -April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017- revealing a 21.7 per cent year-on-year net profit increase as well as an annual revenue increase of 10.4 per cent.
The airline thus proves a performance high above the levels of the airlines of the countries that have now closed their airspace to Qatar Airways.
Qatar Airways has now called on the UN aviation body to declare a Gulf boycott against the carrier "illegal" and a violation of a 1944 convention on international air transport.
On TV, Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways CEO, urged ICAO to intervene.
-The International Civil Aviation Organization "should heavily get involved, put their weight behind this to declare this an illegal act, he said.
The airspace blockade against Qatar Airways flights concerns the air above Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt - except for Saudi Arabia all signatories to the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation.
While ICAO keeps aloft, Qatar Airways on June 11, 2017, published its annual report for the fiscal year 2017 -April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017- revealing a 21.7 per cent year-on-year net profit increase as well as an annual revenue increase of 10.4 per cent.
The airline thus proves a performance high above the levels of the airlines of the countries that have now closed their airspace to Qatar Airways.