News / Qatar Airways can take its four-nation airspace blockade complaint to the ICAO

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Qatar Airways has welcomed the decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that ICAO is the correct forum to rule on the move by four countries to block their airspace to the carrier.

In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut political, trade and transport ties with Qatar, accusing it of backing Islamist radicals and Iran. Qatar Airways was blocked from using their airspace, forcing it to make longer routings.

It said its 2018 loss of $69m was due ...