Qatar Airways aims to take advantage of the current turmoil afflicting the industry by continuing with its aggressive growth plans by redeploying capacity and entering new markets. This will include an assault on the Australian market using its new Boeing 777-200ER fleet and an efficiency drive.

The Qatari flag carrier’s chief executive Akbar Al Baker says that while “growth is slightly affected” the airline is “fairing better than other airlines” in the current difficult trading conditions. “On average our passenger loads over the last three months have been averaging just under 4% below the target set before the recession began,” he says. “But before August we were positive against budget so the excess has more or less covered the downturn suffered in the last three

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