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Travel
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HIA grabs best Middle East airport award for fourth consecutive year

HIA earns the best airport in the Middle East award for the fourth consecutive year for its top-tier service. Hamad International Airport [HIA] was voted “Best Airport in the Middle…

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Life

Donald Trump calls Qatar’s airport ‘one of the most beautiful’ in world

Most recently, he complimented airport facilities this week in Manchester, New Hampshire, calling American counterparts like LaGuardia in New York "third world" and "horrible" by comparison, CNN Arabic reports.

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Life

Security agent hailed for recovering $82,500 stolen at Qatar airport

Earlier this year, Rodel Vinluan, a 38-year-old Filipino expat, spent hours poring over CCTV footage to help track down seven men suspected of stealing the money from a Turkish passenger at Doha International Airport.

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Life
Photos

PHOTOS: Making the move from Qatar’s old airport to the new one

It's been a busy day for Qatar aviation officials. Here's what packing up the old airport and moving to the new one looks like in pictures.

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Qatar shifts operations completely to new Hamad International Airport

All remaining commercial flights to and from Doha moved over to the city's brand new Hamad International Airport this morning. After a smooth start, passengers began reporting problems with flights later in the day.

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Life

5 things we’ll miss about Doha Int’l Airport (and 5 things we won’t)

As Qatar transitions away from the old airport today and ushers in its new Hamad International facility, residents reflect upon what they'll miss about DIA - and what they won't.

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Flying through Hamad International Airport: What you need to know

Doha International Airport will close for good at 9am on May 27. Here's our guide to navigating the new, state-of-the art airport that will become fully operational on Tuesday.

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Passengers share experiences with new Hamad airport

The transition has mostly been smooth, though the switching over of five more airlines this week from the Doha International Airport to the airport has caused some confusion among travelers.

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Overtaxed Doha airport sees 6mn passengers in first quarter 2014

But relief is in sight as the new state-of-the-art Hamad International Airport prepares for a soft launch with 10 budget carriers this week.

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