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Qatar Airways becomes CONMEBOL 'airline partner'

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AFP Doha
Last Updated : Oct 31 2018 | 7:10 PM IST

Qatar Airways announced yet another football sponsorship deal on Wednesday by unveiling a four-and-a-half year agreement with CONMEBOL to become the South American football confederation's "official global airline partner".

The sponsorship agreement will run until the end of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

"Qatar Airways is delighted to become the official global airline partner of CONMEBOL," said Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al-Baker. "This is another big sponsorship that we are doing in football."
"(It will) build a brighter situation for all of football," he said. "For us, it's a really big honour to have Qatar as a sponsor."

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First Published: Oct 31 2018 | 7:10 PM IST

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