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Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive to lead IATA

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Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive to lead IATA
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June 6:  Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker attended the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Sydney, Australia, in his official forthcoming capacity as chairman of IATA’s Board of Governors. The Board of Governors is the highest governance body in IATA as it provides strategic guidance for the airline industry as a whole and is entrusted with overseeing the activities of IATA.

Al Baker expressed his delight to lead the IATA Board of Governors as Chairman for the year ahead during an IATA press conference on Tuesday,  June 5.

 “To be nominated to such a prestigious leadership position in the industry is a great honour, made all the more pertinent in a year in which Qatar Airways itself was faced with an illegal blockade, closing off international air space in our own region. I look forward to continuing my work in the coming year for a transparent and fair aviation industry the world over, a sector which will only continue to grow in the years ahead, and one in which I am most proud to work and represent the World’s Best Airline,” he said.

Over the course of the IATA AGM in Sydney, Al Baker also attended a signing ceremony alongside IATA Director General Alexandre de Juniac, at which IATA and Qatar Airways signed a Training Partnership Agreement, accrediting Qatar Airways as an IATA Regional Training Centre.

The training centre will support the further development of aviation professionals in the region with locally provided training programmes in the fields of international aviation, cargo and travel and tourism. The partnership will also introduce the IATA-UNIGE Leadership and Management Training Programme in collaboration with the University of Geneva

Al Baker succeeds the outgoing IATA Board of Governors Chairman Goh Choon Phong, Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines. 

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