Qatar Airways

Known for its luxury service and world-class experience, Qatar Airways is a key player for Australian travellers. With its oneworld partnership and the Privilege Club loyalty program, Qatar Airways offers plenty of value for frequent flyers. Uniquely, Qatar Airways also partners with Virgin Australia, allowing you to access benefits with both Qantas and Virgin Australia status. Find tips and advice below for travelling with Qatar Airways and making the most of Privilege Club and its partnerships.

Qatar Airways Named World’s Best Airline in 2019

Qatar Airways has been named the world’s best airline in the Skytrax 2019 World Airline Awards. The result is based on over 21 million votes cast by members of the public between September 2018 and May 2019. The surveys were available in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Russian. Based in Doha, Qatar Airways is … Continued

29 Jun 2019 Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways 787 business class meal

Qatar Business Sale: Jakarta to Milan for $1,790 return

Business class airfares from Australia to Europe are typically expensive. But the same is not true for flights from south-east Asia to Europe! Earlier this week we showed you how you can fly from Bangkok to London in Business class for less than $2,000 return. Now Qatar Airways, a Oneworld alliance member, has some excellent … Continued

24 May 2018 Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways was the only airline to increase flights to Australia during April 2020

Qatar Airways Coming to Canberra

Qatar Airways will commence daily Boeing 777 flights to Canberra, of all places, from 12 February 2018. The new route looks like a big win for Canberra, but the real winner is Sydney. The Canberra-Doha flights will operate via Sydney in both directions, meaning that Sydney receives a second daily direct flight to Doha. Meanwhile, … Continued

29 Jul 2017 Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways 787 Manchester

Qatar Flights Disrupted

Visitors to Qatar and passengers flying with oneworld member Qatar Airways are likely to face disruption after several neighbouring countries cut diplomatic ties with the small Arabian Peninsula nation. Direct flights between Qatar and the affected countries are no longer allowed. Qatar Airways aircraft are also being forced to take longer, circuitous routings as they … Continued

21 Jun 2017 Qatar Airways

The Qatar Airways Experience

Qatar Airways has been offering some excellent airfare deals on flights to Europe lately. But do these low fares come at the expense of quality? One member is considering using the Doha-based oneworld airline for the first time on an upcoming trip, and seeks the opinion of the AFF community on whether Qatar Airways is … Continued

30 Jan 2017 Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways announces daily Adelaide flights

Qatar Airways will commence daily flights to Adelaide from next year. And as an added bonus, the flights will be operated by Qatar’s newest state-of-the-art aircraft, the Airbus A350-900. Qatar will be the second airline to offer direct flights between Adelaide and the Middle East, with Emirates already flying daily to Dubai. Both airlines will … Continued

19 Oct 2015 Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways to commence Sydney flights

Qatar Airways will begin flights between its Doha hub and Sydney from 1 March, 2016. The airline will become the third of the major Middle Eastern carriers to fly to Sydney. With Qatar flying to most major cities in the Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa, the new route provides another convenient, one-stop oneworld … Continued

5 Oct 2015 Qatar Airways