Vienna, Austria – Qatar Airways’ impeccable safety standards across the airline’s entire operations have been recognised by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on the 10th anniversary of IATA’s Operational Safety Audit Program (IOSA).
The safety audit is IATA’s stringent mandatory auditing program that assesses the operational management and control systems of member airlines worldwide and is an internationally recognised and accepted evaluation system.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said the airline proudly became the first carrier worldwide to conform 100% with IATA’s safety audit when it was launched in 2003.
“Qatar Airways has taken part in IATA’s safety audit biennially for the past ten years, conforming 100% on every occasion, demonstrating our extremely high safety standards and highly effective operating systems,” Al Baker said.
“The safety and security of all our passengers and staff is our top priority and we are extremely proud of our safety record, setting a benchmark across the industry,” he said.
Accepting the honour on behalf of the airline at the IATA Ops Conference held in Vienna recently, Qatar Airways’ Senior Vice President Group Safety and Security, Ashish Jain said that the benchmarks set out by IATA’s Operation Safety Audit are paramount to the airline’s success.
“Qatar Airways’ participation in this audit enables continuous enhancements in aviation best practices, which is an area of constant focus for the airline” said Jain.
“Ten years ago we became the first IOSA registered operator in the world and we are delighted to have been recognised for the very important work that we continue to carry out,” he said.
Qatar Airways has seen rapid growth in just 16 years of operations, currently flying a modern fleet of 122 aircraft to 126 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and The Americas.
Over the next few weeks and months, Qatar Airways will launch scheduled flights to a diverse portfolio of new routes, including Salalah, Oman (May 22); Basra, Iraq (June 3); Sulaymaniyah, Iraq (August 20); and Chengdu, China (September 3), with many more start-ups to be announced.
