Originally Posted by HB-IWC

Heathrow, Berlin and Amsterdam repatriation flights from Muscat already in the air now, all of them several hours behind schedule. Probably a rather chaotic organization because these flights were only accessible to passengers who were directly contacted by QR. If the logistics of that operation were anywhere near their current customer service levels, then that would certainly explain the delay.

Flying time all between 8 and 9 hours because of the detour.