Flights operated on behalf of Virgin Australia by Qatar Airways have been cancelled until a minimum of mid-June over rising instability within the Middle East.
In 2025, Qatar Airways purchased a 25 per cent stake in Virgin Australia, offering the Australian airline with plane and crew for flights to Doha.
This bypassed authorities restrictions on the variety of flights Qatar Airways might function below its personal title.
The services, coded VA1 to VA22, have been out there since mid final 12 months, nonetheless it’s unclear when these services may return.
“Virgin Australia services operated by Qatar Airways remain impacted by the ongoing security situation in the Middle East,” a press release from Virgin Australia stated.
Since the US-Israel war on Iran started on February 28, Qatar Airlines has been hit the toughest by airspace closures.
About 87 per cent of its services have been cancelled.
Virgin Australia has been providing refunds, credit score or re-booking as much as the tip of October.
This applies to anybody booked on certainly one of its VA-coded Qatar flights, now which have all cancelled until June 15.
After a interval of great grounding on account of airspace closure, Qatar Arlines was solely flying a fraction of its ordinary routes from to and from Australia.
There are flights to Sydney and Melbourne on alternating days and from Perth to Melbourne then onto Doha each different day.
Using protected air corridors from Doha meant the flights had been longer and restricted for travellers.
This follows a ‘Do Not Travel’ advisory issued by Smartraveller and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
