Originally Posted by
roadwarriorafrica
There have been certain flight route changes from Africa to Middle East where they are avoiding flying over certain countries (can't recall at the top of my head). I know ex. Nbo it is adding 30-45 minutes on total flight time.
I think it is to avoid flying over Yemen which the QR flight does from CPT and JNB, so that would make sense as to the extra 40 minutes to fly around Yemen rather than over it.