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Saudi Arabia revokes Qatar Airways' operating licences
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SME Times News Bureau | 07 Jun, 2017
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced the cancellation of all operating
licences granted to Qatar Airways and ordered the closure within 48
hours of all its offices in the country.
The order was issued by Saudi's civil aviation authority, according to a statement released by Saudi official news agency SPA.
The step was taken just one day after Riyadh resolved to cut diplomatic relations with Doha.
Also,
the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Bahrain and Yemen decided to
close their airspace to Qatari airlines after these countries also broke
off relations with Doha on Monday. Libya and the Maldives also followed
the suit.
All Qatar Airways' flights to the West were forced to
change their route to fly through the airspace of Iran and Turkey,
according to the websites of Flight Radar and Flight Aware, which
monitor the flights, Efe news reported.
The countries justified
these measures saying Doha supports extremist organisations, including
the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.
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