Badr Mohammed Al Meer, a new corporate culture for Qatar Airways 🔑

Change of style, change of tone, but the most important thing in this appointment, in addition to the formal aspects, is what should happen in substance regarding the management of the company.

With this new manager, Qatar Airways wants to change the corporate culture by moving closer to Western standards.

It is not tomorrow that the unions will arrive at the headquarters in Doha, however the new CEO is very clear, wishing: “ develop the Qatar Airways group ” and the ” bring into a new era, in which a culture of trust and accountability will be the foundation of our common success »

Already, on the side of the hostesses and stewards, things seem to be changing. The Aerotime.aero site reports that they were informed a few days ago that the rules requiring them to stay at home before a flight were going to be relaxed.

A sort of curfew which does not exist in Western companies and is little appreciated by sailors, many of whom considered it to be a serious obstacle to private life.

For the Qatari company, the challenges linked to its attractiveness as an employer are enormous given the strong growth in air transport in the coming years.

A few years ago, job opportunities in airlines were rare except in the Gulf countries where there were many candidates. Since the end of the pandemic, things have changed and companies around the world are looking for employees, particularly flight attendants.

Supply exceeds demand. Salaries, working and living conditions, but also corporate culture will be determining criteria for choosing your employer, which Qatar Airways seems to have understood well.

So a page is turning. In company press releases, the CEO’s name is no longer preceded by ” son excellence » but from a simple M.

In his tribute to him, Badr Mohammed Al Meer said of his predecessor: “ His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker has left an unforgettable mark on this organization, having built Qatar Airways from its inception into a world-class airline… »

This excellence is indeed to the credit of Akbar Al Baker. We met him a few months ago at the Paris Air Show.

The man, that day, was smiling, charming with everyone and even humorous. Personality traits that he did not often display, instead maintaining the idea of ​​an authoritarian and brittle man.

A portrait which no longer seems to conform to the image that Qatar Airways wants to give of its leaders.

*International Civil Aviation Organization