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IAN-UK
It's helpful to remember that FRA DOH is a sector married to a whole host of destinations beyond Doha.
Or, more likely, J-class capacity on the FRA DOH route is limited all year because of cumulative demand for destinations on QR's network: meaning there's likely an opportunity cost to letting seats between Frankfurt and Colombo go cheaply.
Exactly this. The demand that drives price is not for CMB, the demand is Germany (FRA/MUC) to DOH and beyond. If OP was doing two trips within a year he/ she could buy one Europe - CMB and then nest another CMB - Europe in it as CMB is quite a low fare starting point. YMMV.