Qatar Airways is temporarily holding and making schedule adjustments to its operations to South Korea and Iran until further notice due to significant operational challenges caused by entry restrictions imposed by certain countries.
An ongoing review of operations will be conducted regularly with the intention to reinstate flights as soon as restrictions are lifted.
With travel restrictions on recent visitors to these countries, the airline is in a logistically challenging position to schedule crew on certain routes, limiting its ability to maintain scheduled operations elsewhere. As a result, the airline will temporarily readjust its services to South Korea and Iran starting this week, 26 February.
Flights to and from South Korea to Doha are temporarily adjusted to operate with a smaller aircraft. An Airbus A350-900 will replace a Boeing 777-300 to meet demand, while only passengers with onward connections through Hamad International Airport will be accepted for travel from Incheon Airport.
For Iran, the scheduled passenger frequencies will be on temporary hold, effective also this week, for an evaluation period of two weeks up to 14 March. This will affect flights to and from Mashhad, Shiraz and Isfahan. Frequencies to and from Tehran will temporarily move from 20 weekly to seven weekly. Adjustments to the schedule of flights to and from Iran will take effect from 26 February, 7 am, Doha time.
Meanwhile, Qatar Airways all-cargo operations will not be affected by the temporary hold.
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