Qatar Airways annual losses double to $4.9bn

Qatar Airways annual losses doubled to 14.9 billion riyal ($4.9 billion) in the financial year to March 31 as the long-haul travel market was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

The state-owned airline also confirmed in its annual results released on Monday that it had received an additional $1 billion from the Qatar government during the financial year, on top of $2 billion it had already received.