Qatar Airways

beachhead

Anyone got any background info Qatar Airways flight QR18 leaving Dublin Airport.Was due to leave at 2.085pm Now it's 8.00pm A 6 hour delay.Trouble in the mtce depot or Gulf airspace?

MoodeRator

It is just over Austria right now on its way to you

beachhead

QR18 is Dublin to Doha.Dub Airport said "delayed" at 4.30pm today-13/1/26.Flightradar said estimated departure from Dublin on 13/1/26 will be 8.0pm

smurfjed

Good to see an increasing number of operations at DOHA this morning.

beachhead

No mention of regular flights to Dublin

Marcusm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124323619#Comment_124323619

Given the latest attack, I suspect they will be slow to recommence all but the most important operations. I wonder will they seek to park the airframes elsewhere.

p_haugh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124323822#Comment_124323822

The already have moved some of their a330s to storage

https://twitter.com/i/status/2034269516952121806

LiamBrown

I’d say the delay back then was probably a combination of operational issues rather than just one single cause. Long delays like that often come from late inbound aircraft, crew duty limits, or technical checks that take longer than expected. Once a widebody like that gets delayed, it tends to snowball through the schedule.

Regarding the current situation, it wouldn’t surprise me if services like Dublin are lower priority compared to core routes, especially with recent instability. Airlines usually consolidate operations around key hubs first. Parking aircraft elsewhere or reducing frequencies is pretty standard in uncertain conditions.

Tenger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124323619#Comment_124323619

There was an announcemnt 2 days ago that DOH-DUB flights would restart March 20th.

pureza

latest from loyalty lobby if true,is QR has scrapped Dublin until next year

https://loyaltylobby.com/2026/03/22/qatar-airways-suspends-12-destinations-including-tokyo-seoul-moscow-zurich/

California Dreamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124332293#Comment_124332293

I’d take that LoyaltyLobby piece with a pinch of salt, particularly around Dublin being “scrapped.”

There is no official confirmation from Qatar Airways that Dublin has been cut for the rest of the year or “until next year.”

What LoyaltyLobby is likely doing is reading booking/schedule data and interpreting missing flights as route suspensions. That can be useful, but it’s not the same as an airline formally pulling a route.

Tenger

This was posted by the Irish embassy in UAE 2 hours ago.