Behind the Chaos: How Qatar Airways Managed a Missile Crisis and 20,000 Affected Passengers

Inside Qatar chaos: 100 planes in the air, mass diversions, 13-hour waits

Over 90 flights with more than 20,000 flyers had to be diverted: Qatar Airways CEO details how airline managed Iran missile crisis

Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al Meer described the crisis as “an operational crisis few airlines will ever encounter, and one that “challenged the very core of what it means to run a global airline”

Doha-bound flights with 20,000 passengers were in air when Iran launched missile

ollowing the US attack on three Iranian nuclear sites, Tehran launched a missile attack at the US’s Al Udeid military base in Qatar, forcing the Gulf country to close its airspace.

Behind the chaos: How Qatar Airways managed a missile crisis and 20,000 affected passengers

Qatar Airways Group’s chief executive has released an open letter, explaining what happened behind the scenes when the airline was forced to divert and...

Qatar Airways had nearly 100 flights heading to Doha. Then the missile warning came

The airline’s boss called it “an operational crisis”.

Qatar Airways clears 30,000 flyers in 24 hours after missile crisis shuts airspace

Qatar Airways stabilises ops after Iran missile strike shuts airspace, diverts 90 flights. 30,000 flyers affected; all cleared within 24 hrs, says CEO Al-Meer.