QA, Concacaf sign football sponsorship deal

Qatar’s National Football Team will take part in the tournament as a guest nation

ATAR Airways A continues to expand its global sporting sponsorship portfolio after a multi-year agreement with the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Football Association Concacaf .

The award-winning airline will begin its partnership as the Official Airline for the upcoming 2021 Concacaf old Cup, which is taking place from uly 2 to August 1.

As the flagship men’s football international tournament of the region, the Concacaf old Cup kicked off in Miami with the preliminary round on uly 2 before the group stage matches begin on uly 10.

The final is set to be held in Las Vegas on August 1, where the Concacaf’s regional champion will be crowned. The 16th edition of the competition will be played in 11 stadiums across eight S metropolitan areas.

The old Cup will display some of the best football teams and talents in the region, along with a passionate fan base enabling atar Airways to showcase its presence in the world of sports sponsorship. atar Airways’ commitment to Concacaf demonstrates the airline’s values of uniting people through the power of sport.

atar Airways roup Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said, “This partnership presents a great opportunity for us at atar Airways to connect fans across the world. We look forward towards strengthening our presence across the North American, Central American and Caribbean regions, where football is deeply embedded in the culture and lifestyle.”

Concacaf resident and FIFA Vice- resident Victor Montagliani said, “We are pleased to welcome atar Airways as a confederation-wide partner of Concacaf. Their extensive experience across global football and sport sponsorship will undoubtedly benefit our confederation. We look forward to working together to elevate this summer’s old Cup, the next edition of the Concacaf Nations League and football across the entire region.”

The Concacaf old Cup will provide an excellent platform for the atar National Football Team, who will be competing as a guest participant. The reigning AFC Asian Cup champions have been drawn in roup D with renada, Honduras and anama.

In addition to becoming Official Airline partner of the old Cup, atar Airways will be the presenting sponsor of the next edition of the Concacaf Nations League, a tournament that features 41 Concacaf member associations and is scheduled for 2022 23.

atar Airways offers more than 100 weekly flights to 12 destinations in the S - Atlanta ATL , Boston BOS , Chicago ORD , Dallas-Fort Worth DFW , Houston IAH , Los Angeles LA , Miami MIA , New ork F , hiladelphia

HL , San Francisco SFO , Seattle SEA and Washington, D.C. IAD . The airline also operates daily flights to Montreal, Canada.

atar Airways partners with S carriers on more routes across the nited States than any other global airline with over 230 destinations available through Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and etBlue, making it the most convenient choice for travellers.

The airline is currently sponsoring the EFA Euro 2020 and has an extensive global sports partnership portfolio that includes football governing bodies such as FIFA, EFA and CONMEBOL.

As an official FIFA partner, atar Airways has sponsored mega events, including the 2019 and 2020 editions of the FIFA Club World Cup, and will sponsor the FIFA World Cup atar 2022. atar Airways also sponsors some of the world’s biggest football clubs, including aris Saint- ermain, AS Roma, Boca uniors, FC Bayern M nchen, .A.S. Eupen and Al Sadd SC.

atar Airways lately became the first global airline in the world to achieve the prestigious 5-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating by international air transport rating organisation, Skytrax. This follows the success of Hamad International Airport HIA as the first airport in the Middle East and Asia to be awarded a Skytrax 5-Star COVID-19 Airport Safety Rating.

This recognition provides assurance to passengers across the world that airline health and safety standards are subject to the highest possible standards of professional, independent scrutiny and assessment. For full details of all the measures that have been implemented onboard and in HIA, please visit qatarairways.com safety.

The national carrier of atar continues to rebuild its network, which currently stands at over 140 destinations. With more frequencies being added to key hubs, atar Airways offers unrivalled connectivity to passengers, making it easy for them to change their travel dates or destination if they need to.

A multiple award-winning airline, atar Airways was named ‘World’s Best Airline’ by the 2019 World Airline Awards, managed by Skytrax. It was also named ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’, ‘World’s Best Business Class’, and ‘Best Business Class Seat’, in recognition of its ground-breaking Business Class experience, suite.

The suite seat layout is a 1-2-1 configuration, providing passengers with the most spacious, fully private, comfortable and social distanced Business Class product in the sky. suite is available on flights to more than 40 destinations including many routes to the S as destinations as diverse as ohannesburg and

uala Lumpur. It is the only airline to have been awarded the coveted ‘Skytrax Airline of the

ear’ title, which is recognised as the pinnacle of excellence in the airline industry, five times.