Ongoing dispute with neighbours might keep Qatar Airways in red

Sydney

QATAR Airways could face a second year of being in the red amid an ongoing dispute with regional neighbours, although it has narrowed its losses substantially, said its chief executive Akbar al-Baker.

Mr al-Baker, who was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the 74th annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association (Iata) in Sydney, did not reveal the scale of those losses. In April, it was reported that it would chalk up a "substantial loss" for the financial year that ended that month.