Qatar Airways has announced it is resuming a number of routes across Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, marking the further recovery of its global operations after a period of disruption due to the US-Israel war on Iran. As well as reinstating a sizeable proportion of its network, the flag carrier is also expanding its portfolio for summer 2026.
In all, 26 routes will be recommencing over the course of the coming peak season. Among them, the airline will once again serve several major European cities, including Brussels, Düsseldorf, Lisbon, Oslo, and Prague, where travellers will benefit from seven weekly flights. Four weekly flights to Helsinki will resume, but only until 1 August, when the figure will jump to seven flights. Operations to the Serbian capital, Belgrade, the Hungarian capital, Budapest, and the Croatian capital, Zagreb, are also resuming.
Fliers looking to travel transatlantic will see routes to Boston and Philadelphia, Bogotá, and Caracas back on schedule. And, to cater to World Cup demand, frequencies are increasing to provide daily flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco on the US west coast, as well as 10 weekly flights to Miami.
Qatar Airways continues to deliver on its commitment to network restoration, and is steadily expanding its reach to more than 160 gateways for the ease and convenience of international travellers. Starting today, the airline is returning to 26 destinations in key global markets.… pic.twitter.com/ATECZ9exEJ
— Qatar Airways (@qatarairways) June 16, 2026
In the Asia-Pacific region, destinations coming back to the departures board include popular antipodean cities such as Adelaide and Auckland, Osaka and Tokyo Haneda. Up and coming Caucasian destinations such as Kazakhstan’s Almaty, the Azerbaijani capital Baku, Tbilisi in Georgia, and Yerevan in Armenia. Central Asia’s Tashkent is also available through the Qatari carrier once more.
Meanwhile, in Africa, the airline is bringing back flights to cities such as Rwanda’s Kigali, Morocco’s Marrakesh, and the Seychelles, as well as adding Port Sudan to its global network out of Doha.
In a statement published on 16 June, the carrier said it had resumed operations to over 60 destinations since the Middle East security crisis in March 2026, and confirmed that the expanded summer schedule will now mean it can serve over 160 destinations in the coming months. Still, it cautioned that schedules remain subject to operational conditions, advising passengers to check official updates to confirm bookings.
The nine-times World’s Best Airline also took the opportunity to highlight that 140 of its aircraft are now equipped with Elon Musk’s Starlink Wi-Fi, which makes it the world’s first and largest Starlink-equipped widebody fleet. Passengers in both Premium and Economy cabins can make the most of Wi-Fi speeds of up to 500 Mbps per aircraft to stay connected, productive, and entertained while on the move.
