Originally Posted by MNLFlyer

New chap here, wasn’t sure whether this belongs in the QR forum or the Middle East forum or elsewhere so I’ll just slide it in here (apologies if it’s not the right place).

Flew J with QR in early June 2022, MNL-LHR via DOH. After landing at DOH, I was expecting to go through the usual transit process where onward boarding passes are scanned/checked and there’s a security screening etc before I’m let loose in the general departures concourse. To my surprise, ground staff waved transiting passengers through a door in the back of the boarding pier that disgorged us straight into departures.

Is this a temporary measure due to the pandemic or something else?