While crude oil is its main feedstock, it makes the aviation industry expensive. Countries around the world including the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are trying other alternatives to reduce the industry’s addiction to oil. Martin Rivers explains. Talk to an airline executive anywhere in the world today, and you are virtually guaranteed to hear [...]

Behind the Arabian Oryx logo lays the youngest fleet worldwide. Qatar Airways, in just 14 years, has been lauded as an airline with the highest standards of service and excellence and is embarking on a continuing growth strategy. Erika Widén looks at the airline’s achievements and its recent expansion to the Uganda, also known as [...]

Qatar is evidently becoming a platform for the auto industry in the Gulf region with the hosting of Motor Show and the announcement of Baraha Motor City. Manjeet Chhabra takes a closer look at the Qatari auto industry and highlights the challenges facing this sector in Doha. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as a whole [...]

With the nation built on pearl diving origins, the ocean has played a defining role throughout the history of Qatar. And in 2011, the emirate’s primary industries must continue to set sail in order to fuel the state’s growth plans, writes Jamie Stewart In the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan [...]

Imagine a Doha with far less traffic and a foolproof guide to finding that empty parking space, all accomplished in a manner that benefits the environment. Entirely possible, says Martin a Porta, who espouses a concept known as the art of mobility.Urban Evolution Cities are evolving. They are growing substantially enough to form, through population [...]