The upgrade will allow the airport to handle wide body aircraft such as the A380 and the Boeing 787.
Shares in the company have not traded since July 2012, when they were suspended by the regulator after breaching rules relating to accumulated losses.
Average occupancy fell by 0.3 per cent in October compared to the same period last year, a new survey showed.
Qatar Investment Authority’s holding will total 22.8 per cent from purchasing 2.9 per cent of the company, a statement said.
The additional service will increase passenger and cargo capacity to and from Birmingham by 42 per cent, the airline said.
The company originally announced in June that the government had seized a 1.05 million square metre plot in the Al Faisaliah district of Riyadh with a book value of SAR105.3 million.
Dubai’s main index was down 0.4 per cent with trade focusing on real estate developers.
Saudi Arabia will continue spending actively on major strategic projects such as housing, transport and the construction of industrial cities, a newspaper said.
Naimi also said the Saudis might boost output instead to grow their market share and that oil “may not” trade at $100 again.
More than two million pounds ($3.12 million) will be invested in eight key races at the south of England track, as per the deal.
The country’s current-account surplus will remain the world’s fourth-largest by the end of 2014 even after oil’s decline, economists say.
OPEC met on November 27 and declined to cut production despite a slide in prices, marking a shift in strategy towards defending market share rather than supporting prices.
The study also showed an increase in the time spent viewing content on smartphones and tablets.
The budget is anxiously awaited by financial markets.
The German brand, famous for its roast chicken, is opening outlets in JBR and Dubai Media City.
The new service is scheduled to begin from August 1 2015, the airline said in a statement.
Brent crude is down 46 per cent from the year’s peak in June above $115 per barrel.
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The remark was one of the strongest signals yet that the world’s top oil exporter has no intention of cutting output in the face of sliding oil prices.
Doha carrier poised to receive Airbus’ latest model which will fly to Frankfurt from January
The firm said that it would make a further announcement on its organisational structure at a later date.
The official also ruled out a possibility of an emergency meeting in June.
Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi insisted that oil prices would improve, although it was unclear when.
The Dubai index jumped 9.9 per cent, while the main Saudi index rose 2.5 per cent.
Fitch Ratings downgraded Bahrain’s credit outlook last week to negative, saying the fall in oil exacerbated an already challenging fiscal situation.
The UAE ranks low in terms of companies’ maturity and approach towards data protection with just 34 per cent of firms considering data protection as relevant for their success.
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OPEC’s decision last month to leave its output ceiling unchanged, was followed by a fresh plunge of oil prices.
Qatar’s oil minister said that the main reason for oil’s plunge in recent months was slow growth of the global economy and an increase in sources of supply.
The move will boost the GCC’s tourism industry, helping sectors such as aviation and hospitality.