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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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.