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7 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Breaking: Saudi Arabia officially updates its NOTAMs to remove its airspace ban on Qatar, which lasted 3.5 years — a significant moment in the Middle East. #Qatar Image
Latest: Qatar Airways confirm the first commercial flight to overfly Saudi Arabia (for the first time in 3.5 years) will be QR1365 from Doha to Johannesburg, now en-route. #Qatar Image
Qatar A350 bound for South Africa becomes the country’s first commercial airline flight in 3.5 years to cross into Saudi Arabia’s airspace 👇🏽 #Gulf Image
Important to highlight: UAE, Bahrain & Egypt have not yet updated their NOTAMs to remove airspace bans on State of Qatar (as of 18:35 GMT).

We’re expecting these to be updated soon, with nations following Saudi Arabia in the removal of the airspace ban. Image

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