'Close watch on fuel price'

Qatar Airways is keeping a “close watch” on fuel price, according to group chief executive HE Akbar al-Baker.

“At the moment, we are fine. But we don’t know what is in store, when it comes to fuel price,” al-Baker said when Gulf Times asked whether the national carrier intended to pass on the rising fuel charge burden to passengers.

“The fuel price (in general) depends so much on both political and economic conditions around the world. We hope it won’t really rise too much to impact our performance,” the airline boss said.

Asked what the impact would be on jet fuel because of the rising tension between the US and Iran, he said, “I don’t want to talk about politics, but as an airline, I will keep a very close watch on fuel price.”