Qatar ramps up network
Qatar Airways says it will expand to 125 destinations by June, adding Clark and Madinah from early May and reintegrating 18 routes — names on the reintegration list include Brisbane, Budapest, Goa, London‑Gatwick, Malaga, Mykonos, Nice and Sarajevo. (travelmole.com) The carrier framed this push as one of the clearest concrete network‑growth signals for the coming northern‑hemisphere summer schedule. (travelmole.com)
Qatar Airways said it will serve 125 destinations by mid-June as it rebuilds its Doha network after weeks of disruption. (travelmole.com) The airline’s latest revised schedule adds 30 destinations between April 15 and June 15, 2026. Two of them are new additions from early May: Clark in the Philippines and Madinah in Saudi Arabia. (travelmole.com) Eighteen routes are being brought back into the system, including Brisbane, Budapest, Goa, London Gatwick, Malaga, Mykonos, Nice and Sarajevo. Qatar Airways had already said on April 1 that it was rebuilding to more than 120 destinations by mid-May. (travelmole.com) (qatarairways.com) The push follows a sharp spring pullback in flying through Doha. Qatar Airways’ public travel-alert update on April 1 described the new schedule as a gradual increase in flights to and from Doha across its global network. (qatarairways.com) That matters because Doha is the airline’s hub: passengers from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas connect there onto long-haul banks of flights. Reopening destinations is not the same as restoring full frequency, but it widens the map available for connections. (qatarairways.com) (travelmole.com) The June figure is still below the carrier’s normal published footprint. Qatar Airways’ destinations page says the airline flies to more than 160 destinations worldwide, and a March 2025 company release put the network at more than 170 destinations. (qatarairways.com 1) (qatarairways.com 2) Independent flight trackers show the rebuild is happening in steps rather than all at once. FlightConnections listed Qatar Airways serving 102 destinations in early April, while daily departures from Doha were running a little above 100 in mid-April, according to route-watch reports. (flightconnections.com) (loyaltylobby.com) For travelers, the practical change is that more city pairs should reappear in booking systems through May and June, even if schedules remain thinner than before. For Qatar Airways, the test is whether this summer rebuild can turn a reduced network back into a workable global hub. (qatarairways.com) (travelmole.com)
