{"id":20946,"date":"2026-02-18T08:34:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=20946"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:35:09","slug":"qatar-airways-slashes-london-flights-for-spring-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=20946","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways Slashes London Flights For Spring 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>Each week, airlines submit schedule changes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cirium.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cirium<\/a> Diio, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oag.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">OAG<\/a>, and other data providers. In the latest update,    <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"254996\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/qatar-airways\/\" target=\"_blank\">Qatar Airways<\/a><\/span> disclosed several changes to its global network. For example, it has suspended flights to Aleppo and reduced services to London, Manchester, Peshawar, San Francisco, Sialkot, Venice, etc.    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><strong>This article will focus entirely on changes to Qatar Airways&#8217; London operation<\/strong>. It is important to note that fellow <strong>one<\/strong>world member and close partner    <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"77388\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/british-airways\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ba-icon.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>British Airways<\/a><\/span> effectively serves Doha on the Qatari carrier&#8217;s behalf. No changes are coming to BA&#8217;s offering, <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/up-to-16-hours-british-airways-10-longest-nonstop-flights-from-london-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">with Doha far from being in that carrier&#8217;s ten longest routes list<\/a>.    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"qatar-airways-39-london-changes\">\n                        Qatar Airways&#8217; London Changes<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.666666666667%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/qatar-airways-airbus-a350-900-flying-above-frankfurt-airport-fra.jpeg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Shutterstock&quot;\">\n<figure>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1100\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A Qatar Airways Airbus A350-900 flying \" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qatar-airways-airbus-a350-900-flying-above-frankfurt-airport-fra.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qatar-airways-airbus-a350-900-flying-above-frankfurt-airport-fra.jpeg\" \/><br \/>\n        <small class=\"body-img-caption\">Credit:\u00a0Shutterstock<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Qatar Airways serves both     <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"259797\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/london-heathrow-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/london-heathrow-airport.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>Heathrow<\/a><\/span> and     <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"255788\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/london-gatwick-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/london-gatwick-airport.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>Gatwick.<\/a><\/span> Until the most recent schedule update, it had planned<strong> 951 departures to London between April and June<\/strong>. However,<strong> it now has 818 outbound flights<\/strong>, which is a 14% reduction. Note that Qatar Airways also plans fewer London services from July to October. But as the decrease is only 3% to 5%, it won&#8217;t be discussed further.    <\/p>\n<p>The airline&#8217;s offering can vary depending on the specific week. As such, let&#8217;s consider what&#8217;s available in the randomly chosen week starting <strong>May 1<\/strong>. Qatar Airways now has <strong>59 weekly departures to London<\/strong>, down from the 70 that were planned last week.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-does-the-new-schedule-look-like\">\n                        What Does The New Schedule Look Like?<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shutterstock_2525599899-2.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Shutterstock&quot;\">\n<figure>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Qatar Airways 777-300ER in landing configuration\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_2525599899-2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/shutterstock_2525599899-2.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n        <small class=\"body-img-caption\">Credit:\u00a0Shutterstock<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Let&#8217;s stick with the week starting May 1. In those seven days, <strong>Gatwick will have 11 weekly departures<\/strong>, which was previously reduced from the originally planned double daily service.<strong> <\/strong>But the route will now have 11 weekly flights through September, too.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Heathrow now has 48 weekly departures<\/strong>, down from 59, which is a reduction of nearly a fifth. It is believed that it&#8217;ll hand slots back to BA. Heathrow has lost 11 weekly flights, i.e., <strong>one to two daily services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-container\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" align=\"\" summary=\"\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<p>Frequency<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<p><em>New Schedule<\/em> May 1-7: Doha-London; Local Times*<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<p>Frequency<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">\n<p><em>New Schedule<\/em> May 1-7: London-Doha; Local Times**<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 1:10 am-6:25 am (A380)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Five weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 8:05 am-4:50 pm (A380\/A350-900)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Three weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 1:15 am-6:30 am (A350-900)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Five weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 8:25 am-5:10 pm (A380)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Gatwick) 1:35 am-6:40 am (787-9)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 9:00 am-5:45 pm (A350-1000)***<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Two weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 2:15 am-7:30 am (777-300ER)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Gatwick) 9:00 am-5:40 pm (787-9)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 2:45 am-8:00 am (777-300ER)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Four weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Gatwick) 2:55 pm-11:35 pm (787-9)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Three weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 8:00 am-1:15 pm (A350-1000\/777-200LR\/777-300ER)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Three weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 3:05 pm-11:50 pm (A350-1000\/777-200LR\/777-300ER)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Four weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Gatwick) 8:20 am-1:25 pm (787-9)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Four weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 3:35 pm-12:20 am+1 (A350-1000\/777-300ER)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Four weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 8:50 am-2:05 pm (A350-1000\/777-300ER)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 4:00 pm-12:45 am+1 (A350-900)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 8:55 am-2:10 pm (A350-900)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Three weekly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 5:00 pm-1:45 am+1 (777-300ER)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 12:45 pm-6:00 pm (777-200LR\/777-300ER)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 7:25 pm-4:10 am+1 (777-200LR\/777-300ER)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 3:10 pm-8:25 pm (A350-900)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 9:55 pm-6:40 am+1 (A350-900)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>Daily<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>(Heathrow) 4:55 pm-10:10 pm (A350-1000)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>* The latest plan, which is subject to change. Shown in Simple Flying&#8217;s new time format<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>** The latest plan, which is subject to change. Shown in Simple Flying&#8217;s new time format<\/p>\n<p> *** The aircraft that remained overnight<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                      \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"united-airlines-cuts-european-flights-this-summer-whats-no-longer-available\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"United Airlines Boeing 787-9 custom thumbnail\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/united-airlines-boeing-787-9-custom-thumbnail.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/united-airlines-boeing-787-9-custom-thumbnail.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\"><label>Related<\/label><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \">\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/united-airlines-cuts-european-flights-this-summer-whats-no-longer-available\/\" title=\"United Airlines Cuts European Flights This Summer: What's No Longer Available?\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            United Airlines Cuts European Flights This Summer: What&#8217;s No Longer Available?<br \/>\n        <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">United is the only US Big Three carrier to have fewer European services in the peak summer. See why.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"where-london-passengers-went\">\n                        Where London Passengers Went<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.simpleflyingimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/qatar-airways-a380.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Shutterstock&quot;\">\n<figure>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"928\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Qatar Airways Airbus A380 taxiing\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qatar-airways-a380.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/qatar-airways-a380.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n        <small class=\"body-img-caption\">Credit:\u00a0Shutterstock<\/small><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> According to booking data for the 12 months to November 2025, over 1.6 million Qatar Airways London passengers connected to another flight in Doha. Over 4,300 people did so daily. If Heathrow and Gatwick are combined, the top five country markets were London to\/from India, Pakistan, Australia, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>At the airport level, Gatwick&#8217;s ten most popular segments were Colombo, Bangkok, Melbourne, Phuket, Lahore, Sydney, Kochi, Islamabad, Male, and Brisbane. From Heathrow: Kathmandu, Colombo, Bangkok, Islamabad, Lahore, Manila, Kochi, Karachi, Phuket, and Jeddah. <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/wizz-airs-10-longest-flights-in-2026-do-any-exceed-7-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\">Curiously, ultra-low-cost carrier Wizz Air serves Gatwick-Jeddah (and Medinah) with its A321XLRs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/the-big-cut-qatar-airways-slashes-london-flights-for-spring-2026\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week, airlines submit schedule changes to Cirium Diio, OAG, and other data providers. In the latest update, Qatar Airways disclosed several changes to its global network. For example, it has suspended flights to Aleppo and reduced services to London, Manchester, Peshawar, San Francisco, Sialkot, Venice, etc. This article will focus entirely on changes to &#8230; <a title=\"Qatar Airways Slashes London Flights For Spring 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=20946\" aria-label=\"Read more about Qatar Airways Slashes London Flights For Spring 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Qatar-Airways-Slashes-London-Flights-For-Spring-2026.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20948,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20946\/revisions\/20948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}