Qatar Airways Will No Longer Fly to These 13 Destinations – 6 May Never Return

Qatar Airways has confirmed that 13 destinations from Doha Hamad International Airport (DOH) will remain suspended well beyond their original timeline. Flights had been expected to resume in September 2026, but the airline has now delayed reinstatement to at least March 2027 — and for six of these routes, there’s no return date on the books at all.

This list only covers cities that have lost all Qatar Airways service, so it excludes other affected markets, including every Iranian destination the airline normally serves. Of the 13 routes, seven are slated to return with the summer schedule, while six remain in limbo with no confirmed restart.

Which Routes Are Delayed

Airlines file weekly schedule updates with data providers like Cirium Diio and OAG, and these filings often reveal new routes, dropped markets, aircraft changes, and shifting frequencies well before official announcements.

According to the latest data, seven of the 13 destinations are now set to return in late March or early April 2027 — timed to the industry-wide switch to summer schedules on March 28, 2027, which follows the IATA slot seasons observed by northern-hemisphere carriers, including Qatar Airways.

The remaining six routes are the more concerning cases: they have no scheduled return date whatsoever. The table below reflects the situation as of July 6 and is subject to change, per Simple Flying.

Note: Abuja itself remains unaffected and continues to receive flights, even though Kano is linked to it in scheduling data.

Hamburg Left Hanging

Of all the suspended routes, Hamburg Airport (HAM) is perhaps the most surprising to lose indefinitely. Qatar Airways last flew there in March 2026, and given that the route only launched in 2024 — operated mainly with a daily Boeing 787-8 — its continued absence isn’t entirely shocking. Still, there’s no indication of when, or if, it will return.

The Somalia Link

Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) has been served by Qatar Airways since 2019, mostly via Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport (JIB) using fifth-freedom rights in both directions.

Qatar Airways beat flydubai — Emirates’ narrowbody partner — to Mogadishu by four years, though flydubai pulled out after just one year on the route. Turkish Airlines remains the only other major carrier flying nonstop to MGQ, using the 737 MAX 8 from Istanbul Airport (IST).

The DOH-JIB-MGQ service typically runs three times weekly on the 132-seat Airbus A320ceo — the smallest aircraft in Qatar Airways’ fleet.

Booking data from April 2025 to March 2026 shows that over 17,000 MGQ passengers connected onward through Doha. The top ten onward markets were London, Oslo, Cairo, Bangkok, Hyderabad, Lahore, Amsterdam, Dubai, Copenhagen, and Beijing — giving Qatar Airways a connectivity edge into Asia that Turkish Airlines can’t match on this route.

A Wider 2.4% Cut to Doha Capacity

Beyond these 13 routes, Qatar Airways’ broader schedule for September 2026 through February 2027 shows a 2.4% reduction in planned flights from Doha — on top of cuts already made. Compared to the same period a year earlier (September 2025 to February 2026), overall capacity is down 6.9%.

Steepest cuts by country:

• Syria: -44%
• Hungary: -43%
• Romania: -40%
• Serbia: -39%
• Denmark: -36%
• Oman: -29%
• Poland: -29%
• Norway: -24%

Qatar Airways has also completely withdrawn from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Meanwhile, growth markets include:

• Algeria: +57%
• Japan: +46%
• Russia: +43%
• Egypt: +35%
• China: +19%
• Canada: +18%
• Bangladesh: +15%

The airline is also launching new service to Colombia and Venezuela, while resuming flights to Finland and Sudan.