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Qatar Airways CEO says Australian decision to block flights ‘very unfair’

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al-Baker said he was 'very surprised' at the decision, but remained hopeful [File: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters]

The Australian government’s decision to block Qatar Airways’s request for extra flights to Australia was “very unfair”, the airline’s CEO Akbar al-Baker has told CNN in an interview.

“We found it to be very unfair [for] our legitimate request to be not granted, especially at a time when we were so supportive of Australia,” al-Baker said on Sunday, adding that he was “very surprised” at the decision.

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