Qatar Airways Unveils Global Winter Schedule

Qatar Airways Winter Schedule: Travellers can now plan ahead for the winter season with greater choice and convenience with the World’s Best Airline

DOHA, Qatar – Qatar Airways has introduced increased flights to over 15 global destinations for this year’s winter season. The airline is facilitating demand for its services for travelers from all around the globe and continues to offer greater choice and connectivity through its Doha hub, the award-winning Hamad International Airport.

The World’s Best Airline, as voted by Skytrax in 2025 for a record ninth time, has also announced its landmark frequency to London. Qatar Airways marks up to 10 daily flights to London as its highest-ever frequency, which is complemented by British Airways’ double daily flights. 

Qatar Airways Chief Commercial Officer, Mr. Thierry Antinori, said: “Qatar Airways is consistently witnessing a steady rise in demand for our 5-star services to some of the most prominent destinations in the world, most notably for London, Dublin, Cape Town, and São Paulo. This winter, in partnership with Qatar Airways, Virgin Australia will launch flights from Melbourne to Doha, increasing capacity to three daily flights between the two cities. Qatar Airways will also restart services to Canberra, reinforcing its commitment to enhance connectivity between Australia and the world.

“The latest increase in flight frequency is testament to our continual and unmatched enhancements of experiences for our passengers travelling through the Best Airport in the Middle East – our hub, Hamad International Airport.”

Passengers have greater choice when travelling with Qatar Airways this winter:

• Abu Dhabi – increased from five daily flights to up to six

• Berlin – increased from 18 weekly flights to up to 21

• Cape Town – increased from 10 weekly flights to up to 12

• Casablanca – increased from four weekly flights to five

• Dublin – increased from 14 weekly flights to 17

• Frankfurt – increased from 18 weekly flights to up to 21

• Johannesburg – increased from 14 weekly flights to 18

• London Heathrow – increased from eight daily flights to up to 10

• Madrid – increased from 14 weekly flights to 17

• Maldives – increased from three daily flights to up to four

• Manchester – increased from 21 weekly flights to up to 24

• Phuket – increased from three daily flights to up to four

• São Paulo – increased from 14 weekly flights to 18

• Sharjah – increased from three daily flights to up to seven

• Tokyo Narita – increased from 11 weekly flights to up to 14

• Toronto – increased from five weekly flights to seven

The airline’s global connectivity is supported by its diverse fleet of young aircraft that includes 54 Boeing 777s equipped with ultra-high-speed Starlink on-board Wi-Fi that is free for all passengers. Qatar Airways is first airline in the world to fully equip and operate over 50 widebody aircraft with Starlink, and the only carrier in the MENA region offering the service. Passengers in both Premium and Economy cabins enjoy free, gate-to-gate Wi-Fi speeds of up to 500 Mbps per aircraft.

The airline is now equipping its Airbus A350 fleet, aiming to complete Starlink installation within the next year.

Qatar Airways, a benchmark for excellence in the industry, remains a prominent leader in global connectivity. The World’s Best Airline enhances its network by continually anticipating market trends and evolving travel demands for destinations to cater to its global community of leisure and business travelers alike.

About Qatar Airways

A multiple award-winning airline, Qatar Airways won the ‘World’s Best Airline’ for an unprecedented ninth time at the 2025 World Airline Awards, managed by the international air transport rating organization, Skytrax. Qatar Airways was previously named the World’s Best Airline in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2024.

The airline continues to be synonymous with excellence, and has yet again received recognition for ‘World’s Best Business Class’, and ‘World’s Best Business Class Airline Lounge’. As the leading connector in the region, Qatar Airways has also been lauded with the ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’ title for the 13 time.

Qatar Airways currently flies to over 170 destinations worldwide, connecting through its Doha hub, Hamad International Airport, the ‘Best Airport in the Middle East’ for 11 consecutive years, as well as ‘World’s Best Airport Shopping’ for the third year in a row, as voted by Skytrax. Hamad International Airport has previously been named the ‘World’s Best Airport’ by Skytrax in 2021, 2022, and 2024.

Qatar Airways was the first Airline in the Middle East to be certified to the highest level of IATA’s Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) program, based on recognized environmental management system principles (such as ISO 14001). As an inaugural signatory to the Buckingham Palace Declaration in March 2016, Qatar Airways became the first airline globally to be certified to the industry standard for the prevention of illegal wildlife trafficking in aviation.