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Qatar Airways CEO: "European airports? They should allow aircraft movements 24 hours a day to compete with the Middle Eastern hubs"

London, United Kingdom - Akbar al-Baker pushes for Heathrow's and Gatwick's expansion

In order to compete with the biggest hubs in the Middle East, the European airports should allow airplanes to land and take off 24 hours a day: in an interview released to the "Telegraph", Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar al-Baker declared that European citizens, and particularly those in the United Kingdom, make "Excessive" fuss for aircraft noise, and that night closures are a damage for...

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Rome, Italy, 05/19/2014 11:53
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