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Tribune News Network
Doha
QATAR Airways (QA) is enjoying a week of success and solidarity.
Qatar's Minister of Transport and Communications HE Jassim Saif al Sulaiti met with France's Minister for Transport 'c9lisabeth Borne to reaffirm the countries' ongoing support and affiliation.
Fresh from winning the Skytrax Airline of the Year award for the fourth time, Qatar's national carrier received overwhelming support for its bold new global television and social media commercial, 'No Borders, Only Horizons',aimed at 'bringing people together through travel without prejudice'. It has already been viewed by more than 20 million people from all corners of the world.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar al Baker said:"This week has been a significant signal of Qatar Airways' ongoing role not just as a leader in the aviation industry, but as a connector in people's day-to-day lives. At a time of judgment, prejudice and illegal actions, Qatar Airways has triumphed through a simple yet central belief in bringing people together beyond borders in the sky, whether it be work colleagues, leisure passengers, or of course family members and friends. Our new commercial states our core values of travel as an independent human right against the backdrop of a changing and dynamic landscape, because, quite simply, we believe the world is all of ours to explore, and it is a strange thing for people to be apart."
The success of the commercial falls during the same week as this year's Paris Air Show, where QA revealed the first aircraft retrofitted with its new, award-winning Business Class concept, Qsuite, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The ceremony, on the opening day of this year's air show, was attended by Qatar's Minister of Transport, along with Baker and other notable dignitaries including Qatar's Ambassador to France HE Khalid bin Rashid al Mansouri, Managing Director and CEO of Qatar Rail Eng Abdulla T. al Subaie and Vice-Chairman of the Boeing Company Ray Conner.
