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Air Cote d'Ivoire:   Delivering Connectivity And Reliability Mr. Rene Decurey is the Managing Director of Air Cote d’Ivoire, one of Africa’s fastest growing Regional Carriers based in Abidjan. He spoke with Ewos IRORO onboard the delivery flight of the first of the airline’s brand new A320 aircraft from the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France to Cote d’Ivoire. He also shares some insight on how African airlines can effectively cooperate in order to ensure their survival and competitiveness in a constantly changing business environment. Enjoy. Mr. Rene Decurey, MD, Air Cote d'Ivoire Q. Your brand new A320 is equipped with onboard Wi-Fi, laptop charging ports and USB points. What suggested your choosing these facilities onboard this particular aircraft? As you know, we have defined our network through a hub in Abidjan which means that you can connect from all over the points to all the other points via the hub of Abidjan. Most of the flights are not direct...

As part of Qatar Airways’ and QTA’s combined efforts to boost tourism in the country, the award-winning airline has accelerated its global expansion plans, and recently announced the launch of a number of new destinations that it is adding to its network by the end of August including Kiev, Ukraine and Prague, Czech Republic. Yesterday, the airline launched Sohar, in the Sultanate of Oman. Qatar Airways also recently launched a direct service to Dublin, Republic of Ireland; Nice, France and Skopje, connecting even more people to more places, and making it easier than ever for passengers to visit Qatar as part of their journey. In November 2016, Qatar introduced a free transit visa, which allows passengers of all nationalities transiting in Qatar for a minimum of five hours to stay in Qatar for up to 96 hours (four days). In May 2017, QTA launched +Qatar, an initiative to promote the country as a stopover destination, with the national carrier, Qatar Airways. These measures, alo...

Below are details of the new Qatar visa waiver eligibility for citizens of the 80 countries. A) Nationals of the following 33 countries will not require prior visa arrangements and can obtain a visa waiver upon arrival in Qatar. The waiver will be valid for 180 days from the date of issuance and entitle its holder to spend up to 90 days in Qatar, during either a single trip or on multiple trips. 1.   Austria 2.  Bahamas 3.  Belgium 4.  Bulgaria 5.  Croatia 6.  Cyprus 7.  Czech Republic 8. Denmark 9.  Estonia 10.  Finland 11.   France 12.  Germany 13.  Greece 14.  Hungary 15.   Iceland 16.  Italy 17.   Latvia 18.  Liechtenstein 19.  Lithuania 20. Luxembourg 21.  Malta 22. Netherlands 23. Norway 24. Poland 25.  Portugal 26. Romania 27.  Seychelles 28.  Slovakia 29.  Slovenia 30.  Spain ...

(R –L) Hassan Al Ibrahim, Chief Tourism Development Officer at Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA); His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive; and Brigadier Mohammed Al Ateeq, Director General of the Department of Passport and Expatriates Affairs at MoI Qatar recently granted visa waivers to eighty (80) nations around the world in what could be viewed as a move to ward off the impact of severe restrictions from its diplomatic standoff with four Middle East nations; Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and UAE.        The announcement, which was jointly made by Qatar’s Ministry of Interior (MoI), Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) and Qatar Airways, takes immediate effect. Of the 80 nations announced however, citizens of 33 of them, majorly from Europe, can obtain a visa waiver upon arrival in Qatar valid for 180 days from the date of issuance and entitles its holder to spend up to 90 days in Qatar, during either a single trip or on multiple trip...