(Bloomberg) -- Major airlines in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar will restart cross-border flights next week for the first time in more than three years, as the UAE warmed to an agreement ending a diplomatic and trade rift that divided the energy-rich Gulf region.
Flydubai will operate twice-daily service to Doha from Jan. 26, while Etihad Airways plans to restart flights on Feb. 15. Qatar Airways plans twice-daily service to Dubai beginning on Jan. 27 and a daily flight to Abu Dhabi from the following day.
Sharjah-based Air Arabia PJSC earlier this month became the first UAE airline to resume flights to Doha.
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt agreed to fully restore ties with neighboring Qatar on Jan. 6 following a U.S. push for the countries to unite against Iran. The reconciliation came just two weeks before President Joe Biden took office after pledging to return the U.S. to the nuclear deal with Tehran.
“From Kuwait to Muscat, through Riyadh, Manama, Doha and Abu Dhabi, we open a new page full of hope and optimism,” the UAE’s minister of state for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash, wrote in a tweet. “We aspire to a stable and prosperous Arab Gulf, and look to the future with confidence, solid will and confident determination.”
The comments were among the strongest coming from the UAE, which initially was cautious about the reconciliation, concerned it might not be sustainable in the absence of Qatari concessions. The boycotting nations had accused Qatar of meddling in their internal affairs, supporting Islamist groups and building ties with Iran, charges it denied.
(Updates with UAE’s Gargash comments in fifth paragraph)
Últimas Noticias
Debanhi Escobar: they secured the motel where she was found lifeless in a cistern
Members of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office in Nuevo León secured the Nueva Castilla Motel as part of the investigations into the case
The oldest person in the world died at the age of 119
Kane Tanaka lived in Japan. She was born six months earlier than George Orwell, the same year that the Wright brothers first flew, and Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize
Macabre find in CDMX: they left a body bagged and tied in a taxi
The body was left in the back seats of the car. It was covered with black bags and tied with industrial tape
The eagles of America will face Manchester City in a duel of legends. Here are the details
The top Mexican football champion will play a match with Pep Guardiola's squad in the Lone Star Cup
Why is it good to bring dogs out to know the world when they are puppies
A so-called protection against the spread of diseases threatens the integral development of dogs
