WEDNESDAY JUNE 19, 2019 SHAWWAL 16, 1440 VOL.12 NO. 4664 QR 2 HOT Fajr: 3:14 am Dhuhr: 11:35 am HIGH : 44°C Asr: 2:58 pm Maghrib: 6:27 pm LOW : 34°C Isha: 7:57 pm MAIN BRANCH LULU HYPER SANAYYA ALKHOR Business 10 Sports 13 Doha D-Ring Road Street-17 M & J Building MATAR QADEEM MANSOURA ABU HAMOUR BIN OMRAN Facebook’s digital coin ‘Libra’ Qatar 2022 will be ‘best ever’ Near Ahli Bank Al Meera Petrol Station Al Meera sparks new privacy concerns FIFA World Cup: Riyad Mahrez alzamanexchange www.alzamanexchange.com 44441448 QA named world’s best airline HIA expansion Airline wins four prestigious prizes at 2019 Skytrax World Airline Awards plan firmly in TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK PARIS This is a great day for Qatar, and I am place: Sulaiti QATAR Airways (QA) has won four delighted to have been prestigious prizes at this year’s 2019 Skytrax World Airline Awards, includ- here today to witness Qatar Tenders to be floated in two months ing the highest accolade of “World’s Best Airways being recognized as the Airline”. ‘Best Airline of the Year’ for the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK QA also became the only carrier to fifth time.” DOHA win the best airline award five times (2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2019) in the — HE Jassim bin Saif al Sulaiti, THE Hamad International competition’s history. Minister of Transport &Communications Airport’s (HIA) expansion QA has been named the “Best Airline plans are firmly in place and in the Middle East” for the third successive a tender for the same will year. The airline has also won the “World’s ognition will spur us all at Qatar Airways be floated in the next two Best Business Class” accolade for the to even greater heights and we look for- months, Minister of Trans- fourth year in succession. It also retained ward to delivering our world-class prod- port and Communications the World’s Best Business Class Seat uct to millions of passengers in the com- HE Jassim bin Saif al Sulaiti award for its patented Qsuite product. ing years.” has said. Minister of Transport and Com- Skytrax CEO Edward Plaisted said: The minister dismissed munications HE Jassim bin Saif al Su- “To be named as the World’s Best Air- reports on some social me- laiti, who attended the Skytrax Awards line is a great recognition of Qatar Air- dia platforms about halting HE Jassim bin Saif al Sulaiti. ceremony, said: “This is a great day for ways’ high standards, and recognises the of expansion works as false. Qatar, and I am delighted to have been hard work and dedication from every He urged people to check given the impetus to move here today to witness Qatar Airways be- Minister of Transport and Communications HE Jassim bin Saif al Sulaiti and Qatar member of staff to satisfy customers. To the veracity of such infor- forward. ing recognised as the ‘Best Airline of the Airways chief Akbar al Baker at the Skytrax Awards ceremony in Paris on Tuesday. achieve this accolade for a fifth time is mation from the official site “Thanks to the wise Year’ for the fifth time.” a remarkable achievement, and we con- of the ministry or HIA. leadership, most major pro- QA Group Chief Executive Akbar our customers by winning these four our constant innovation and service gratulate them for this unique success.” He said, “The airport jects were completed before al Baker said, “The Skytrax Awards are awards. Being the first airline to be standards set the benchmark in our in- More than 100 customer nationali- has won many awards. I the scheduled dates. The widely recognised as the most prestig- named ‘Airline of the Year’ for the fifth dustry,” Baker added. ties participated in the survey with 21.65 am confident that in the Doha Metro was supposed ious in the airline industry, so to have time is a landmark achievement and, He said, “The fact that the Skytrax million eligible entries counted in the coming years the airport to officially open all lines in won so many prizes at the 2019 ceremo- combined with three other major Skyt- Awards are voted for by travellers makes results. Survey entries were screened by will progress and reach a 2020, but we launched the ny is a truly memorable experience for rax awards, is testament to the tireless them especially meaningful for all of us Skytrax to identify IP and user informa- higher level.” Red Line two months ago Qatar Airways.” efforts of the entire Qatar Airways team. in the industry. Aviation is a competitive tion, with duplicate, suspect or ineligible On the Metro project, and the rest of the lines will “We are thrilled to be recognised by It is a proud moment for the airline as business, and to have received such rec- entries deleted. Sulaiti said, “We have start- be opened before the end of ed partial operation of the the year.” Red Line. By the end of the Regarding Hamad Port, year, two additional lines, he said, “The volume of the Green Line and the goods transiting through GANHRI’s new vision UN calls for independent Golden Line, will be opera- the port exceeded all our tional.” expectations. Looking at the He said the buses for huge traffic, the port will be seeks to bolster rights probe into Morsi’s death transporting Metro passen- expanded before the earlier gers will be eco-friendly. scheduled date.” AGENCIES tions of Mr Morsi’s detention, “We have launched several On Qatar Airway win- bodies, says Marri CAIRO/ISTANBUL including access to adequate electric buses. This will be ning Skytrax Awards, he medical care, as well as suf- increased by 30% by 2022. said, “In the past two years QNA THE United Nations has called ficient access to his lawyers Qatar 2030 will see Qatar as we have participated in the NEW YORK for an “independent inquiry” and family, during his nearly a pioneer in alternative en- Paris Exhibition in the be- into the death of former Egyp- six years in custody,” Rupert ergy sources,” he said. lief that Qatar Airways has THE new Strategic Plan tian President Mohamed Morsi, Colville, spokesman for the UN He said the blockade reached the world stage. (2020-2022), which the Glob- who died aged 67 after collaps- High Commissioner for Human imposed on Qatar by some Qatar Airways has won al Alliance of National Human ing in a Cairo court on Monday, Rights, said. Morsi, who was neighbouring countries has many of Skytrax Awards.” Rights Institutions (GANHRI) according to state media. buried on Tuesday, was a top is working on, aims to launch The United Nations human figure in the Muslim Brother- a vision that will have the rights office has called for a into Morsi’s death. hood and the first democratical- power of influence and per- “prompt, impartial, thorough “Concerns have been ly elected president in Egypt’s First Ihsan school opens to provide suasion among governments, and transparent investigation” raised regarding the condi- modern history. PAGE 7 free education to non-Arabs (PG 2) people and competent parties in various international plat- forms. This will strengthen the unity and effectiveness Dr Ali bin Smaikh al Marri. of national human rights in- QF initiative stitutions, National Human for adoption at the next Gen- Rights Committee (NHRC) eral Assembly in spring 2020 to support MME allocates QR750 million for two Chairman Dr Ali bin Smaikh in Geneva. private sector al Marri has said. The meeting was also at- Marri, who is also the Sec- tended by GANHRI’s Chair- ATAR Foundation Re- landscaping, beautification projects retary-General and Vice Presi- person Dr Carlos Alfonso Ne- Qsearch, Development dent of GANHRI, said the new gret Mosquera, who is also the and Innovation (QFRDI) TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK and other civil works. strategic plan would encour- Ombudsman of Colombia, and has marked the launch of DOHA For the second project, the age and support the establish- heads and coordinators of the its new funding initiative, MME has earmarked QR500 ment of new national human regional networks of national ‘Innovation Coupon’, by THE Ministry of Municipality million. rights institutions in countries human rights institutions signing an agreement with and Environment (MME), rep- There are four public parks where they do not exist. across the world. its first beneficiary, ADGS, resented by the Public Parks projects within the plan. The The plan is also to urge Discussions during the a local private sector SME. Department, has announced works include rehabilitation governments and countries to meeting focused on assessing ADGS sells a suite of prod- new projects for beautification of Rawdat Al Khail Garden strengthen the independence the performance of the global ucts that utilise artificial and landscaping. and Ras Abu Aboud Park. The and functions of national hu- alliance over the past period, intelligence (AI), behavioral A total sum of QR750 mil- project includes opening of man rights institutions and to identifying the restrictions biometrics, and emergent lion has been allocated for new gardens in Al Gharafa and remove various obstacles for and challenges facing it or behavior. Innovation Coupon the two projects which will Umm Al-Sinim. the implementation of their impeding its goals in the past, is aimed at Qatar-based be used for landscaping and A specialized team from tasks and visions, he added. and the goals that it aspires to SMEs or start-ups in all beautification. The two pro- the Public Parks Department This came during a two- achieve in the future, and then sectors and industries that jects will be implemented in has been formed to oversee day consultative meeting of determining the strategy to be are engaged in the develop- the coming years.