Egyptair flew from Doha to Cairo whereas the UAE’s Air Arabia arrived in Qatar from Sharjah.
The primary direct flights between Qatar and two of the blockading nations – Egypt and the United Arab Emirates – took to the skies on Monday following the top of a 3 and a half yr regional disaster earlier this month.
In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt accused Qatar, amongst different issues, of supporting “terrorism” and being too near Iran, and severed financial and diplomatic ties.
Qatar repeatedly denied the claims and mentioned there was no justification for severing relations. A blockade was additionally imposed by the 4 nations by land, sea and air.
Earlier this month, the 4 nations signed a declaration on the Gulf summit with Qatar, signalling the top of the blockade.
All 4 have now introduced the reopening of their airspace to Qatar.
On Monday, the primary business flight from Qatar to Egypt because the blockade, an Egyptair service to Cairo, took off from Doha airport. It was adopted shortly by the arrival of an Air Arabia flight from Sharjah within the UAE.
As many as 300,000 Egyptians name Qatar dwelling, in keeping with official statistics, and lots of have been unable to journey dwelling through the disaster.
In Could 2020, annoyed Egyptians protested exterior the compound housing Egypt’s then-empty embassy. Following the demonstration, 18 repatriation flights operated through impartial Oman to adjust to Cairo’s ban on direct air visitors.
A Qatar Airways aircraft was additionally as a consequence of make a visit to Cairo in a while Monday.
Flights between Doha and Saudi Arabia, which has additionally opened its land border to Qatar, resumed on January 11.