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Old 5th Jun 2017, 12:06
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The elephant in the room is surely the fact Qatar doesn't have its own FIR, rather it's under Bahrain. Saudi to the South, UAE to the East, Iran to the North. What if Bahrain FIR refuses to offer IFR services to DOH bound traffic, could the Qatari AF take over with their radars and controllers?
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