Qatar Airways CEO to leave the Airline
Information and talks in the industry have now (since the past 3 months) been very well confirmed that Qatar Airways CEO Mr. Akbar Al-Baker will be assigned by the Qatar Government for a new task.
It is expected that in Oct 2002 (after an exact 5 years work in QR), Mr. Al-Baker will take over the full responsibility of the new Airport project.
Qatar has for the past 33 years (since 1969) been trying to build a new airport (a new airfield). Until now, millions of $ have been spent on consultants and advisors who come and go over the years and the best they could do was build small models of the terminals, collect their fees and go away.
Doha airport is viewed by Qatar as a shame for the name of Qatar for many years. Now it has come the time to change it.
While Mr. Al-Baker was involved in the project (along others) since early Jan 2001, now it seems that he will be given the green light and the stick to change things.
The question remain, who will run the Airline next???
It is expected that an Amiri Order will be publicly announced in October (i.e. after summer holidays when all are back home).
Rumours spreading that Sheikh Nawaf Al-Thani who is a relative of the Chirman and also of the Managing Director will take the CEO post. He is currently working as a management trainee in QR finance department (between 29-32 years old). There is no information, data or details on his aviation management backgrounds.