The signing of the Al-Ula Declaration at the GCC Summit earlier this year has seen several positive outcomes already.

One of the most favorable has been the reopening of the airspace, land, and sea borders between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt.

After having relaunched flights to Saudi Arabia on January 14 and to Egypt on January 18, Qatar's national carrier has now begun operating direct flights to UAE.

Qatar Airways confirmed the resumption of flights to the UAE in a post on its Twitter page.

#QatarAirways resume flights to #UAE, starting today with double daily to #DubaiDXB, followed by daily flight to #AbuDhabi on 28 January. pic.twitter.com/kBb3ZfbZFt

— Qatar Airways (@qatarairways) January 27, 2021

According to the post, QA began operating double daily flights to Dubai yesterday and will relaunch daily flights to Abu Dhabi from today, January 28.

The airline said, "Passengers in United Arab Emirates will have the ability to connect to the largest network in the region with over 800 weekly frequencies to more than 120 destinations through Qatar Airways."

Earlier this week, the airline also announced its target to become the first airline in the Middle East to begin trialing the innovative new IATA Travel Pass ‘Digital Passport’ mobile app, in partnership with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), from March 2021.

The trial will play a vital role in the airline's vision to have a more contactless, secure, and seamless travel experience for its passengers.

The first phase of trials of the ‘Digital Passport’ will be rolled out on the airline’s Doha to Istanbul route, enabling passengers to receive COVID-19 test results and verify they are eligible to undertake their journey.

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