akbar al baker

Akbar Al Baker (born 1960 in Doha), is currently the CEO of Qatar Airways.

He holds a degree in economics & commerce which he earned in India.

Al-Baker became Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways in 1997. Prior to this appointment, he worked at the Civil Aviation Directorate of Qatar. He is also the former Chairman of the Qatar Tourism Authority. He is CEO of several divisions of Qatar's national airline, including Qatar Executive, Qatar Airways Holidays, Qatar Aviation Services, Qatar Duty Free Company, Doha International Airport.  

AKBAR AL BAKER

QATAR AIRWAYS

First i am going to talk about the history of this company

QATAR AIRWAYS was established on November 22th, 1993; operations started on January 20, 1994. the airline´s CEO was the shikh hamad bin ali bin jabor al thani who employed a staff of 75.

Can you imagine that? this company began just with 75 employees.

QATAR AIRWAYS

now has a headquarter in doha, the airline operates a hub-spoke network, linking over 150 international destinations across africa, asia, europe, the americas and oceania from its base at hamad international airport.