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Egypt reopening airspace to Qatar after 3½-year row

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have already announced the end of their bans on flights from Qatar.

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Staff at King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, wait for passengers to disembark from a Qatar Airways plane that had just arrived from Hamad International Airport near the Qatari capital, Doha, on Jan. 11, 2021, the first commercial flight between the two countries in 3½ years following a Gulf diplomatic thaw. — FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images

Egypt reopened its airspace to flights from Qatar, state media reported Tuesday, in a further easing of its row with the Gulf state. 

The head of Egypt's Civil Aviation Authority, Ashraf Noweir, told Ahram Online that Egypt had signed off on a request for Qatari aircraft to fly over Egyptian airspace. Noweir added that aviation authorities were waiting on flight schedules from EgyptAir and Qatar Airways.

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