Qatari News Paper Gulf Times reports that the President of Qatar Civil Aviation Authority Abdullah bin Nasser Turki al-Subaey met in Riyadh Sunday with the President of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Duailej.
During the meeting, they reviewed ways to enhance co-operation in air transport between the two countries.
Earlier in January, Saudi Arabia lifted the Ban , that paved way for the Blockade to be ended , Qatar & Saudi Arabia open Air , sea & Land routes for each other, in which Kuwait played an important role.
Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs, sheikh Ahmed Naser Al-Sabah was first to announce the agreement between Saudi Arabia & Qatar to open the Air ,Sea & Land routes in the month of January.
Bahrain had also officially updated its NOTAMs to remove its airspace ban on Qatar, which lasted 3.5 years ( followed Saudi Arabia and UAE in removing the bans).
In 2017, Saudi Arabia & its allies Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt had closed their borders to Qatar, in a rare Blockade.
Qatar Airways was being forced to travel circuitous routes in & out of its base in Doha because of flight restrictions placed on the carrier by Saudi Arabia.
Things have changed since then, Qatar airways no longer have to take longer routes for many of it's nearby destinations. With this latest meeting, a lot is being expected vide mutual co-operation in the field of aviation between the Gulf countries.
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