Qatar Airways Slashes London Flights For Spring 2026
Each week, airways submit schedule modifications to Cirium Diio, OAG, and different information suppliers. In the newest replace, Qatar Airways disclosed a number of modifications to its world community. For instance, it has suspended flights to Aleppo and diminished companies to London, Manchester, Peshawar, San Francisco, Sialkot, Venice, and so forth.
This article will focus solely on modifications to Qatar Airways’ London operation. It is vital to notice that fellow oneworld member and shut associate 
British Airways successfully serves Doha on the Qatari service’s behalf. No modifications are coming to BA’s providing, with Doha removed from being in that service’s ten longest routes record.
Qatar Airways’ London Changes
Qatar Airways serves each 
Heathrow and 
Gatwick. Until the latest schedule replace, it had been deliberate 951 departures to London between April and June. However, it now has 818 outbound flightswhich is a 14% discount. Note that Qatar Airways additionally plans fewer London companies from July to October. But because the lower is simply 3% to five%, it will not be mentioned additional.
The airline’s providing can differ relying on the precise week. As such, let’s think about what’s out there within the randomly chosen week beginning May 1. Qatar Airways now has 59 weekly departures to Londondown from the 70 that have been deliberate final week.
What Does The New Schedule Look Like?
Let’s stick to the week beginning May 1. In these seven days, Gatwick can have 11 weekly departureswhich was beforehand diminished from the initially deliberate double each day service. But the route will now have 11 weekly flights via September, too.
Meanwhile, Heathrow now has 48 weekly departuresdown from 59, which is a discount of practically a fifth. It is believed that it will hand slots again to BA. Heathrow has misplaced 11 weekly flights, ie, one to 2 each day companies.
Frequency | New Schedule May 1-7: Doha-London; Local Times* | Frequency | New Schedule May 1-7: London-Doha; Local Times** |
|---|---|---|---|
Daily | (Heathrow) 1:10am-6:25am (A380) | Five weekly | (Heathrow) 8:05am-4:50pm (A380/A350-900) |
Three weekly | (Heathrow) 1:15am-6:30am (A350-900) | Five weekly | (Heathrow) 8:25am-5:10pm (A380) |
Daily | (Gatwick) 1:35am-6:40am (787-9) | Daily | (Heathrow) 9:00am-5:45pm (A350-1000)*** |
Two weekly | (Heathrow) 2:15am-7:30am (777-300ER) | Daily | (Gatwick) 9:00am-5:40pm (787-9) |
Weekly | (Heathrow) 2:45am-8:00am (777-300ER) | Four weekly | (Gatwick) 2:55pm-11:35pm (787-9) |
Three weekly | (Heathrow) 8:00 am-1:15 pm (A350-1000/777-200LR/777-300ER) | Three weekly | (Heathrow) 3:05pm-11:50pm (A350-1000/777-200LR/777-300ER) |
Four weekly | (Gatwick) 8:20am-1:25pm (787-9) | Four weekly | (Heathrow) 3:35 pm-12:20 am+1 (A350-1000/777-300ER) |
Four weekly | (Heathrow) 8:50am-2:05pm (A350-1000/777-300ER) | Daily | (Heathrow) 4:00 pm-12:45 am+1 (A350-900) |
Daily | (Heathrow) 8:55am-2:10pm (A350-900) | Three weekly | (Heathrow) 5:00 pm-1:45 am+1 (777-300ER) |
Daily | (Heathrow) 12:45 pm-6:00 pm (777-200LR/777-300ER) | Daily | (Heathrow) 7:25 pm-4:10 am+1 (777-200LR/777-300ER) |
Daily | (Heathrow) 3:10pm-8:25pm (A350-900) | Daily | (Heathrow) 9:55 pm-6:40 am+1 (A350-900) |
Daily | (Heathrow) 4:55pm-10:10pm (A350-1000) | ||
* The newest plan, which is topic to vary. Shown in Simple Flying’s new time format | **The newest plan, which is topic to vary. Shown in Simple Flying’s new time format ***The plane that remained in a single day |
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Where London Passengers Went
According to reserving information for the 12 months to November 2025, over 1.6 million Qatar Airways London passengers related to a different flight in Doha. Over 4,300 individuals did so each day. If Heathrow and Gatwick are mixed, the highest 5 nation markets have been London to/from India, Pakistan, Australia, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia.
At the airport stage, Gatwick’s ten hottest segments have been Colombo, Bangkok, Melbourne, Phuket, Lahore, Sydney, Kochi, Islamabad, Male, and Brisbane. From Heathrow: Kathmandu, Colombo, Bangkok, Islamabad, Lahore, Manila, Kochi, Karachi, Phuket, and Jeddah. Curiously, ultra-low-cost service Wizz Air serves Gatwick-Jeddah (and Medinah) with its A321XLRs.
