Pratap John

Two fatal accidents involving Boeing 737 MAX jets in the last six months have resulted in their grounding worldwide.

Driven mainly by Ooredoo’s two major markets, Qatar and Indonesia, data revenue contributed QR14.2bn, or 47%, of the group’s total revenue in 2018, chairman Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohamed bin Saud al-Thani said last night.

Employment opportunities for South Asian migrants in the Gulf Co-operation Council countries shrank in the last two years mainly due to nationalisation in the GCC and oil price drop-induced economic slowdown, a new report has shown.

Middle East carriers have seen a passenger growth of 1.5% year-on-year in January, IATA has said in a report. Among various regions, Middle East had the “weakest” growth in January, although it was an improvement upon the 0.1% drop in traffic recorded in December, 2018, the report said.

After the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane operated by Ethiopian Airlines on March 10, many countries and jurisdictions are grounding the narrow-body series aircraft over growing concerns about its safety.

Qatar’s merchandise trade balance will scale up over the next four years and account for $53.4bn in 2023, a new report has shown.

An upbeat mood about Qatar’s economy was seen among international investors during QIIB’s $500mn sukuk issuance, said bank’s chief executive officer Dr Abdulbasit Ahmad al-Shaibei.

Energy projects worth $622bn are planned in the Mena region over the next five years, Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp) has said in a report.