Qatar Airways' longest flight in the world has landed 15 minutes early at Auckland Airport after leaving Doha just over 16 hours ago.

The world's richest country per capita is back in the deal-making business.

Qatar Airways is putting the finishing touches on its launch party to celebrate its new service to Auckland.

Qatar Airways is using the plane with the biggest range for the longest flight from Doha to Auckland.

Qatar Airways is growing rapidly and about to launch services to Auckland on what will be the world's longest route.

Qatar Airways will start flying next year and is offering fares as low as $1455 from Auckland to Europe return.

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Boeing landed a deal with Qatar Airways providing a sales boost to the US planemaker's upgraded 737 jetliner.

This will be the new longest flight in the world - more than 18 hours flight time between Doha and Auckland.

The father of Kiwi triplets killed in a Doha mall fire is pleased the case against those acquitted over their deaths has been sent to an appeal court.

The Attorney General in Qatar has ordered prosecutors to file an appeal of a verdict that acquitted all the defendants in the mall fire that killed Kiwi triplets.

In Qatar it gets hot. Filthy hot. So hot, you really wonder why anyone thought it'd be a good idea to settle there in the first place.

World Cup tourists have given a big thumbs up to the just-ended event in Brazil, according to a new study.

BMWs and 4x4s crammed the car park and pavements around the tall white mosque where worshippers were reciting the midday prayer.

Singapore's Changi Airport, a traditional stopover for New Zealanders but facing increased pressure from other airports in the Middle East, is expanding rapidly.

An Auckland couple whose triplets died in a Qatar mall fire two years ago have had cause to celebrate with the christening of their twins.

The parents of triplets who died in the Doha mall fire have made an emotional plea for justice after the trial over their deaths was delayed for a third time.

The hearing into the fatal fire at Doha's Villaggio mall which killed 19 people including three Kiwi triplets has been postponed for a third time.

The father of Kiwi triplets killed in a Qatar mall fire says it is distressing to see stories circulating about the fire being an act of terrorism without any facts to back them up.

Journalists and academics have questioned a Saudi news agency that claims the Qatar mall fire that killed New Zealand triplets was an act of terrorism.

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The Qatar mall where New Zealand triplets were killed in a deadly blaze is set to reopen today, reports say.

The grandparents of NZ triplets killed in a fire at a daycare centre in a Doha mall are travelling to Qatar to support their grief-stricken mother and father.

A Hamilton aviation centre will soon begin training pilots for Qatar Airways, including a group of Qatari nationals heading to the country later this year.