Published at 1100GMT 27OCT22 Qatar Airways in recent update closed reservation for planned service to Canberra, scheduled to resume on 30NOV22 from Doha. The oneWorld member previously planned to operate Doha – Melbourne – Canberra routing. For Northern summer 2023 season from 26MAR23, reservat
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Apparently QR has now closed reservations to CBR.
Looks like the route is a non-starter
The whole point of CBR was always to get around the limit of 28 weekly flights from Qatar to SYD, MEL, BNE and PER that can be operated by Qatari airlines under the current Air Services Agreement between Australia and Qatar. Instead of operating the onward leg from MEL to CBR, it looks like QR has been ferrying its aircraft between MEL and ADL every day - presumably with some freight on board.