Qatar Executive to take lead of Business Travel in the Gulf

Qatar Airways's new on-demand charter division plans to build rapidly on its initial fleet of threeBombardier Challenger business jets as it looks to tap into the region's growing demand for executive travel.

The subsidiary, dubbed Qatar Executive, was unveiled at the Paris air show. It will function as a profit centre within the airline group with its own management structure.

Headed by former president of New Jersey-based ProFlite, American Ted Button, the division is launching operations with two newly delivered, 11-seat Challenger 605s along with an eight-seat Challenger 300 that is already in the airline's fleet.