GCAA shuts down Qatar Airways offices in UAE

Decision effective immediately as UAE severs diplomatic ties with Qatar

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Pankaj Sharma/Gulf News
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Dubai: The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said on Wednesday it has taken a decision to shut all offices of Qatar Airways in the country with immediate effect.

The decision comes two days after the UAE, alongside Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt, announced it would sever diplomatic ties with Qatar amid escalating tensions over accusations that Doha sponsors terrorism.
 

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