Qatar Airways is proud to host the 70th
International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and
World Air Transport Summit. The event will be held in Doha from 1st
to 3rd June 2014. This year’s event will be particularly signficiant
as the aviation industry is celebrating 100 years since the first scheduled commercial
flight.
It was in January 1914 that the first
commercial passenger flight took place in Florida, when former Mayor of St.
Petersburg purchased a ticket to make the 23-minute journey across the bay
separating Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida. That event marked the birth of
the global airline industry and in a happy co-incidence, Qatar Airways is
launching a direct flight from Doha to Miami in Florida next month, 100 years
later and just six days after the IATA AGM.
Some 240 airlines around the world are members of
IATA and the forthcoming AGM is expected to attract more than 1,000 senior
aviation industry delegates, including a contingent of more than 200 international
media.
Key themes of airline industry reputation, the
global aviation skills supply and aircraft noise developments are expected to
be discussed during the three-day conference.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer, His
Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said: “Qatar Airways is a strong supporter of
IATA, and as such is looking in keen anticipation to hosting this event. This
year’s AGM is the first to take place in the Middle East since Amman, Jordan,
in 1997, and this is only the fourth time that the AGM has been held in the
region.
“As guests and aviation leaders descend on Doha
this June, we look forward to them witnessing the new infrastructural
developments in our country, especially the new Hamad International Airport,
the world’s newest airport gateway.”
Qatar Airways has seen rapid growth in just 17
years of operation, to the point where today it is flying a modern fleet of 134
aircraft to 138 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, the Middle
East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America.
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