Originally Posted by
KSVVZ2015
Is this really just to appease the UK? Because it would seem that the UK Gov website specifically tells people in red list countries to look at indirect options to get home.
For what it's worth it might be one of these four (please bear in mind that, when talking about Qatar Airways, I consider them as being a state-owned organisation so QR = Qatar gov't)
1. They are following the herd in panicking
2. There are substantial risks coming from the UAE
3. They want to stick it up to the UAE (let us not forget the unilateral GCC blockade of Qatar, of which the UAE were part, which ultimately failed)
4. They know it's just a question of time before the UK and other countries realise that people are doing a lot of transit traffic through DOH and they don't want that revenue stream gone.
My money is on 4.