With the war continuing/restarting the way it is, I am getting increasingly concerned that the start of the QR/VA flights to Doha from SYD/MEL, which are due to restart on June 15, will be further delayed. Added to that, the rebooking situation seems weak and from what I have seen, VA will only rebook customers booked in J if there is availability on QR flights. There is no availability given the short time-frame so the most likely scenario is a cancellation + refund. This is far from ideal given I have onward bookings from Doha and a whole trip planned.

Does anyone have any thoughts or insights into the resumption of these flights? Have the planes arrived in Sydney? Are there any indicators I can look for to pre-guess a formal announcement? Alternate options are expensive and quickly filling up so want to ensure I am covered should the resumption of these flights be delayed further.

Thanks for any insight.