Qatar Airways has welcomed the Judgment of the International Court of Justice affirming that the ICAO Council has the jurisdiction to hear any disagreement relating to the interpretation and implementation of the Chicago Convention 1944 and the International Air Services Transit Agreement. The ruling sets the way clear for Qatar to urge ICAO to condemn the illegal blockade of the State of Qatar airspace and to take appropriate actions to require the four blockading states to comply with their obligations under international law in order to restore the normalcy of international civil aviation.
“Qatar Airways will pursue its case for appropriate compensation of the financial injuries inflicted on Qatar Airways as a result of the illegal airspace blockade,” reads the statement. “The arbitrary and abusive measures that these four States have taken against us have devastated our carefully planned decades-long programme for investment and growth in those countries; they have arbitrarily prevented us from serving hundreds of thousands of passengers, and transporting tens of thousands of tons of cargo to and from each of these countries annually.”
Qatar Airways said it will seek compensation for losses sustained from an "illegal airspace blockade" imposed since 2017 by four Middle East nations.