Qatar Airways
Mar 4 2009, Marco Villa

Qatar Airways apparently names all its air crafts after places in Qatar. So, for instance, instead of an air craft being called 7456 [whatever] it is named after, say, Zubara.

In solidarity with Gaza, Qatar has named an air craft “Gaza”....

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