American Air Settles Qatar Feud With Eye on Future Doha Flights

American Air Settles Qatar Feud With Eye on Future Doha Flights

American Air Ends Qatar Feud With Eye on Future Doha Flights. American Airlines Group Inc. set the stage for possible flights to the Middle East after it set aside a long-running quarrel with Qatar Airways to revive a suspended marketing pact.. The codeshare agreement will allow the airlines to sell seats on some of each other's flights, American and Qatar Air said in a statement Tuesday.. Transportation Department, American would place its airline code on select Qatar flights from the U.S. to Doha.. The accord grew out of claims first made by U.S. carriers in 2015 against those carriers and Qatar Air.. American, Delta Air Lines Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc. argued that Qatar Air was using its 49% stake in the parent company of Air Italy to continue flying government-subsidized routes into the U.S.. Qatar CEO Al Baker pledged to take a 10% stake in American after the airlines ended their codeshare agreement in 2017, but abandoned the plan following a chilly reception from the U.S. carrier..