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QR's website states all flights to Saudi Arabia have been cancelled until June 6th. And of course to check back for updates. You'd think they'd be a little more proactive as I'm sure their call centers are getting inundated with panicked customers right now.
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EY, EK, and FZ (FlyDubai) flights to/from Doha have been cancelled as part of the ban. I'd assume that QR will need to start canceling as wellmfoe the countries involved.
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Originally Posted by Merlinrnr
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QR's website states all flights to Saudi Arabia have been cancelled until June 6th.
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Not sure how much it matters but Yemen also joined...
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Is QR still selling some good premium cabin fare deals from Egypt? Is QR allowing customers to drop the first segment?
If so, and if QR is allowing customers to drop the Egypt segments, there may be some great mileage/status running opportunities while the ban is in place. |
How long will it take for EY and EK to start offering status matches for QR customers? ;)
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Originally Posted by NA-Flyer
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I think the cancellation of QR flights to all these countries will last more than that ;)
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Originally Posted by Merlinrnr
(Post 28403578)
QR's website states all flights to Saudi Arabia have been cancelled until June 6th. And of course to check back for updates. You'd think they'd be a little more proactive as I'm sure their call centers are getting inundated with panicked customers right now.
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Kuwait Airways and Oman Air must be bracing for the onslaught - going to be a lot of Qatari's needing to get home in the next 14 days. They are going to be the only way to get to Doha by air.
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I'm surprised by, how quite QR is! It's been almost 4hours since the news came out and nothing have been mentioned. Knowing that QR is 5stars airline, I expect them to be more active.
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There will big implications for flights to South America as most of them overfly Saudi. To go around Saudi and UAE requires more fuel which I think maybe impossible.
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Originally Posted by Skyrocker
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I'm surprised by, how quite QR is! It's been almost 4hours since the news came out and nothing have been mentioned. Knowing that QR is 5stars airline, I expect them to be more active.
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Originally Posted by Reds2011
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Been doing the same just now :D Getting in before the price goes sky high. Refundable the way to go.
Thankfully our flights home for the school holidays in 3 weeks aren't on QR! There will be a lot of people caught with flights to Europe/Australia etc for the school break that are going to get shafted. |
Will this have implications for the AKL to DOH route? They fly over UAE airspace via Oman. Would there be enough fuel to reroute up through the Gulf of Oman avoiding the UAE?
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