Pilot in need of a route from Italy to Qatar finally (7)
I believe the answer is:
aviator
'pilot' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a route from italy to qatar finally' is the wordplay.
'route from italy' becomes 'via' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'finally' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'qatar' is 'r'.
'a'+'via'+'to'+'r'='AVIATOR'
'in need of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aviator that I've seen before include "Ace, say," , "One flying aircraft" , "Navigator of the air" , "Pilot; style of sunglasses" , "Aeronaut" .)