Qatar Airways offers limited relief flights for stranded passengers

Qatar Airways will launch limited relief flights from Muscat and Riyadh starting Thursday, connecting stranded passengers to major European cities including Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and Madrid.

Andrew Mills/Reuters

5 March 2026 at 05:17:05

Qatar Airways offers limited relief flights for stranded passengers

An Airbus A350-900 aircraft operated by Qatar Airways, right, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, parked at the American Airlines cargo terminal at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York City, U.S., March 2, 2026.

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Qatar airways will operate limited relief flights starting from Thursday for stranded passengers departing from Muscat and Riyadh, it said on X.

Flights are planned from Muscat to Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, London's Heathrow, Madrid and Rome as well as from Riyadh to Frankfurt.

-Andrew Mills/Reuters