Home | 4 Business | 17 Sport | 27 Qatar will continue United Kingdom prime Turan eagerly awaits to play neutral role destination for his New Year in human rights Qatari investors debut at Barca The Peninsula Newspaper @PeninsulaQatar @peninsula_qatar WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2015 • 6 Safar 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6618 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Father Emir receives Fath Al Kheir 2 Emir condoles with HIA passengers Kuwaiti Emir DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolences to the Emir of Kuwait, H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al at record Sabah, on the death of Sheikha Najma Al Abdul- lah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, praying to God Almighty to bestow his mercy on the deceased, that she rests in peace, and to grant her family and 8.4 million beloved ones patience and solace. QNA 23pc rise for July-Sept period Emir condoles with DOHA: The Hamad Interna- 2,160,843 passengers in July; King of Bahrain tional Airport (HIA) saw a record 2,475,340 in August and 2,201,271 8.4 million passengers during in September. HIA also reported DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al the third quarter of this year, a significant increase in aircraft Thani sent yesterday a cable of condolences to showing a 23 percent increase movements during the same H M King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain compared to the same period period with 55,186 movements, on the death of Sheikh Isa bin Ali bin Hamad Al last year. representing a 19 percent increase Khalifa, praying to Almighty Allah to have mercy HIA saw 8,405,831 visitors pass compared to the same period upon him, make paradise his abode and give his through its gates during the three last year. Aircraft take-offs and family solace and fortitude. months from July to September, landings at the airport over the QNA with the highest number of pas- three months in 2014 amounted sengers in August, the peak sum- to 46,405. mer season. The month of July recorded Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani witnessed last evening the arrival of The summer months witness 18,222 aircraft movements while Fath Al Kheir 2 at Katara Cultural village beach. The event was also attended by H H Sheikh Emir in phone talks with the highest passenger movement August saw a new record of 18,660, Jassem bin Hamad Al Thani, the Personal Representative of the Emir. See also page 2 in the country with an increase followed by September that saw Abu Dhabi Crown Prince in the number of as vacationers. 18,304 aircraft movements. A senior HIA official attributed The volume of cargo at the DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al the record rise to the launch of airport amounted to 242,513 Thani yesterday held a telephone conversation with several new flights from the air- tonnes during the same period, February 22 Street speed Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme port during the summer and an with 79,408 tonnes handled in Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh increase in frequency of flights by July, 80,766 tonnes in August Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Discussions dur- a number of airlines to meet the and 82,338 tonnes in September. ing the call dealt with fraternal ties between the increased demand. Commenting on the airport’s limit to be raised after repair two countries as well as regional and international According to official data record-breaking figures, Eng issues of common concern. released yesterday, HIA saw Badr Mohammed Al Meer, Chief By Sidi Mohamed of Al Shamal Expressway and an exten- QNA a total of 2,701,958 passengers Operating Officer at HIA, said: sion of the D Ring Road. The 24th World departing, arriving and transit- “We partially owe this phenom- DOHA: The speed limit on the Febru- International Traffic Medicine Association ing in July. In August, a record enal increase in our operations to ary 22 Street will be restored to 100km (ITMA) Conference is important because it Real estate transactions 3,025,641 passengers travelled the increased frequency of sev- per hour from the current 80km per hour is being organised for the first time in the through HIA, an unprecedented eral of our patron airlines’ weekly once works on stretches of the highway Arab region, the traffic chief said. gain momentum again figure for a month, both at HIA flights from Hamad International are complete. “We can benefit from studies and as well as its previous hub, Doha Airport, and we also had several This was disclosed by Brigadier Mohamed research conducted by international and DOHA: Real estate transactions have begun pick- International Airport, HIA said new airlines commence opera- Saad Al Kharji, Director-General of the local experts who are participating in the ing up again, with the value of property deals struck yesterday. The month of Septem- tions at HIA. Traffic Department, in an informal talk conference,” Al Kharji said in a press state- in the week from November 8 to 12 topping a bil- ber saw 2,678,232 passengers. This increase is also a testa- with reporters on the sidelines of a coveted ment issued on Monday. lion riyals to a record QR1.3bn (precise figure: The turnout shows a signifi- ment to the continued rapid international traffic medicine conference “Some 100 research papers will be pre- QR1,291,304,809). cant increase compared to the growth of Qatar Airways, Qatar’s that is underway here. Al Kharji, how- sented at the event,” he said. same period last year, which national carrier.” ever, did not hint when the road works on Continued on page 4 Continued on page 5 saw 6,837,454 passengers trav- the February 22 Street are expected to be elling through HIA, including THE PENINSULA complete. February 22 Street is a section THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Qatar builds Russia confirms bomb brought down passenger jet liftboat MOSCOW: Russia yesterday pounded reach their conclusion about what brought yesterday, vowing to hunt down those Syria between their armies and security Islamic States targets in Syria after down the Airbus jet. responsible. services, the Kremlin said. DOHA: Gulf Drilling Interna- confirming that a bomb attack brought Cairo said that it was enhancing security “We will search for them anywhere they Russia is backing forces loyal to President tional Limited (GDIL), a sub- down its passenger jet over Egypt last in airports around the country over the might hide. We will find them in any part Bashar Al Assad in the fight against what sidiary of Gulf International month, killing all 224 people on board. possibility that the Russian plane that of the world and punish them,” he said. it says are IS and other “terrorist” groups Services, the largest oilfield serv- President Vladimir Putin pledged to crashed in the Sinai peninsula shortly after Moscow’s confirmation of the attack — while France is part of a separate US-led ice company in Qatar, announced hunt down and “punish” those behind leaving Sharm El Sheikh resort on October the deadliest against a Russian target since coalition targeting IS. that the construction of a new the attack but did not blame any specific 31 might have been destroyed by a bomb. the Beslan school massacre by Islamist Russia’s security chief Alexander Bort- Qatar-built liftboat is complete. group as he ordered an intensification “It is not the first time that Russia rebels from the North Caucasus in 2004 — nikov told Putin that traces of explosives Al Safliya was under construc- of Moscow’s campaign in Syria, vowing confronts barbaric terrorist crimes”, comes days after a chain of attacks claimed of “foreign production” had been found on tion for the company at Nakilat’s “vengeance”. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in by the Islamic State group killed at least the plane wreckage and that the jet carry- ship repair and offshore construc- Russia’s security agency announced a a meeting with his security chiefs. 129 people in Paris. ing tourists back from Egypt was brought tion joint venture, Nakilat-Keppel $50-million reward for information leading “The murder of our people in Sinai is Putin and French leader Francois down by a home-made bomb with a force Offshore & Marine (N-KOM). It to the capture of those behind the attack among the bloodiest crimes in terms of Hollande agreed in a phone call to “ensure equivalent to one kilo of TNT. is expected to be commercially but Egypt said investigators had yet to victims,” he said in comments released closer contact and coordination” on AFP deployed at the Dolphin platform early next year. It is the first ves- sel in the country’s marine history to be built in Qatar, for a Qatari Qatar beat Bhutan owner, and for use by Dolphin Energy Limited. Yemeni president returns to Aden Continued on page 5 ADEN: Yemen’s president bia, Hadi and Bahah returned to Crater district of Aden. Mobile solution to returned from exile to southern Aden but had to go back to Riy- The palace was severely dam- city Aden yesterday as his troops adh after a deadly attack on the aged in the fighting that gripped report accidents and allies in a Saudi-led coalition provisional seat of government. Aden until July but was recently press one of their most impor- Hadi declared the southern repaired by the United Arab DOHA: Qatar Mobility Innova- tant offensives yet against Iran- port city Yemen’s temporary capi- Emirates, which along with Saudi tions Center (QMIC) yesterday backed Houthi rebels.