Qatar Airways Adds 26 Destinations, Reaches Over 160 Gateways

Qatar Airways is adding 26 destinations to its network starting today, expanding its global route map to more than 160 gateways as part of its ongoing network restoration effort for summer 2026.

In Africa, the airline returns to Kigali, Rwanda; Seychelles; and Marrakesh, Morocco, alongside its previously announced Port Sudan route launching July 2. In the Americas, Qatar Airways is reinstating service to Caracas and Bogotá from July 22, returning to Philadelphia from August 1, and adding four weekly flights to Boston. As Official Airline Partner of the FIFA World Cup 2026, the carrier is also increasing frequencies to several host cities, including Boston, which grows from four to seven weekly flights, alongside increases to Los Angeles, Miami, and San Francisco.

Across Asia and Asia-Pacific, the airline returns to Adelaide, Almaty, Auckland, Baku, Osaka, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tokyo Haneda, and Yerevan. In Europe, new and resumed services include Belgrade, Brussels, Budapest, Düsseldorf, Helsinki, Lisbon, Oslo, Prague, and Zagreb.

Qatar Airways, named World's Best Airline by Skytrax for the ninth time in 2025, recorded an 84.42 percent on-time performance last year, earning a Platinum Award for Operational Excellence from aviation analytics firm Cirium. The airline's fleet includes more than 140 Starlink-equipped aircraft, making it the world's largest Starlink-equipped widebody fleet, offering Wi-Fi speeds of up to 500 Mbps in Premium and Economy cabins.