Qatar Airways will soon place a sizeable order for wide-body jets to underpin its longer-term growth plans, the airline's chief commercial officer told Reuters late on Monday.

Qatar Airways says an internal review has found that its crew "acted quickly, appropriately and professionally" when they placed the body of a woman who died mid-flight next to an Australian couple. The airline issued the statement to the BBC on Friday,

An airline traveler has spoken of his shock after cabin staff sat him next to the body of a fellow passenger who had died during the flight.

An Australian couple's story went viral this week after they said crew members placed a dead body in the seats next to them.

Husband and wife Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin claim they were forced to sit next to a deceased body for four hours while traveling from Melbourne to Doha on a Qatar Airways flight. According to the Australian news program A Current Affair,