Doha/Orlando (Florida) – Qatar Airways is working to increase its operating power by about 10,000 to more than 55,000, and also canceled flights to different destinations, with the aim of dealing with the expected flow of World Cup fans.
Due to the sale of roughly three million tickets for the international event the following month, travel and risk consultants recommended airlines that would carry football fans to the World Cup in Qatar to establish backup paths in the case of unrest due to delay or regional tensions.
The number of tickets for the championship, which runs from November 20 to December 18, is getting close to three million. The General Authority of Civil Aviation in Qatar estimates that between 3. 5 million to 4.
In November, Qatar will receive and send off 1 million passengers.
The travel and risk consultants last week, in the largest exhibition of private aircraft in the world in Orlando, said that the increasing demand may exert resources such as land transport and hotels, while the main airspace used to reach Qatar witnessed disturbances due to conflicts in recent years, which led to the need for roads Alternative.
A representative of the Qatari administration claimed that millions of passengers fly without incident through Qatar each year on a variety of airlines.
The official, who wished to remain unnamed, stated that it is anticipated that airspace management will proceed as usual during the World Cup, which in recent years has avoided the airspace in Yemen and other regions where safety cannot be guaranteed.
Osbury’s main information analysis expert, Matt Buri, advised operators to continue considering Jordan or the Sultanate of Oman as backup routes in case it becomes momentarily impossible to fly over Iran, Iraq, or Saudi Arabia.
Osbury, which is conducting flying risk assessments of organizers and operators, has made notes related to the three countries in recent years on various airspace disorders as a result of conflicts.
According to Henry Duke Lidok, a strategic development official at the World Triple Support Company, “We had a lot of clients that sought other songs.”
Iran attacked the Iraqi Kurdistan area with drones and ballistic missiles in September. A truce in which the United Nations mediated between a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni Houthi movement on October 2, but it has greatly withstood the negotiations on a longer and broader agreement.
Buri said that while airlines continued to work safely in the Saudi airspace, despite the times the Houthi group fired missiles and drones before the ceasefire, these attacks led to the suspension of flying for extended periods.
Other regional officials have voiced opposition to any worries that unrest could impede travel to the World Cup.
Consult with travel experts about finding alternate flights to Qatar.
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