Qatar, Iran connects Doha FIR and Tehran FIR

Qatar and Iran have signed a bilateral agreement for operational processes to connect the Doha Flight Information Region (Doha FIR) with Tehran FIR.

They also signed an agreement to increase the number of flights between the two countries. Establishing a Doha FIR has begun based on a recent decision by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

The two agreements were signed by Mohamed Faleh Alhajri, who is in charge of managing the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and HE Mohammad Mohammadi-Bakhsh, Head of Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) of Iran.

The signing ceremony was also attended by Minister of Transport HE Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti, Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development HE Rostam Ghasemi, Qatar’s Ambassador to Iran HE Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Hajri, Director of Asian Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Yousef Sultan Larem, and several senior transportation officials from both countries.