Qatar Airways Group celebrated its Safety Week earlier this month with more than 25,000 employees taking part in more than 100 events in Doha and at the airline’s outstations around the world.
The event aimed to raise awareness on the importance of safe practices and behaviours in the workplace. Such initiatives are a vital part of Qatar Airways Group’s work to ensure that safety remains its top priority.
Events organised during the Safety Week included workshops on safe work practices, fire safety, first aid, health and well-being and safety reporting. All departments and subsidiaries of Qatar Airways Group took part in the initiative, with events in outstations including mock fire evacuations, safety quizzes and first aid training.
“Safety is at the heart of everything we do. We put a great deal of work into ensuring that our safety practices are robust by encouraging a proactive reporting culture, providing training to staff, and investing in the latest technology,” Qatar Airways Group chief executive HE Akbar al-Baker said.
“Qatar Airways Group Safety Week is all about raising awareness of the critical importance of safe practices to our employees so that they can deliver services smoothly and without incident.
“It was fantastic to see so many employees engage with this initiative and I am proud of the hard work that they do every day to keep their colleagues and customers safe,” he noted.
Qatar Airways Group senior vice president – Safety and Security, Ashish Jain, said: “Qatar Airways Group Safety Week is now in its second year, having grown significantly in scale since we first delivered this initiative in 2019.”
“Our focus this year is on encouraging employees to choose safe behaviours at work – something that is vital in any organisation but is especially important for us as one of the largest aviation companies in the world,” Jain said. “Not only are we engaging our own staff this year, but also our suppliers and stakeholders, as we lead the industry in becoming safer than ever before.”
Last year, Qatar Airways renewed its IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) for the ninth time. IOSA is a highly respected industry audit, carried out by IATA auditors across all subsidiaries and departments within the Qatar Airways Group.
