By Wallace Mawire/Zimbabwe,Harare,
Increased services are set to begin from 16 June 2026, strengthening the Qatar airline’s
network in the Africa region.
Qatar Airways is expanding its African network, with light resumptions and frequency increases launching from 16 June 2026.
Boosting connectivity across Africa, the airline will restart four weekly lights to
Seychelles (SEZ) and two weekly lights to Kigali (KGL) from 16 June, and daily light to
Marrakesh (RAK) from 1 July.
Qatar Airways is set to enhance convenient travel options by serving the following
destinations with increased lights such as Alexandria (HBE) – increased three weekly lights to up to seven,Cairo (CAI) – increased from 28 weekly lights to up to 35,Cape Town (CPT) – increased from seven weekly lights to up to 10,Dar es Salaam (DAR) – increased from three weekly lights to up to seven,Lusaka (LUN)-Harare (HRE) – increased form ive weekly lights to up to seven,Maputo (MPM)-Durban (DUR) – increased from four weekly lights to up to seven and Qatar Airways lights to Port Sudan (PZU).
Additionally, the airline is launching three weekly lights to Port Sudan, Sudan from 2
July, 2026.
Passengers travelling to Port Sudan from key markets in the Middle East and
Southeast Asia, such as Oman and Pakistan, can make seamless transfers through
Hamad International Airport.
The move reinforces the airline’s commitment to global connectivity, while balancing sustainable growth with increasing demand for convenient air travel connectivity and trade.
Qatar Airways is a multiple award-winning airline, Qatar Airways won the ‘World’s Best Airline’ title for an unprecedented ninth time at the 2025 World Airline Awards, managed by the
international air transport rating organisation, Skytrax. Qatar Airways was previously
named the World’s Best Airline in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2024.
The airline continues to be synonymous with excellence, and has yet again received
recognition for ‘World’s Best Business Class’, and ‘World’s Best Business Class Airline
Lounge’.
As the leading connector in the region, Qatar Airways has also been lauded
with the ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’ title for the 13 time.
Qatar Airways recently received the Platinum performance recognition by Cirium, the
leading aviation analytics organisation, for its reliability and operational performance.
The recognition is a testament to the airline’s unwavering commitment to providing
seamless and proven operations as part of its award-winning passenger experience.
This summer, Qatar Airways will ly to over 160 destinations worldwide, connecting
through its Doha hub, Hamad International Airport.
The airport has been recognised as the ‘Best Airport in the Middle East’ for 11 consecutive years, as well as ‘World’s Best Airport Shopping’ for the third year in a row by Skytrax. Hamad International Airport has previously been named the ‘World’s Best Airport’ by Skytrax in 2021, 2022, and 2024.
Qatar Airways was the first Airline in the Middle East to be certiied to the highest level of
IATA’s Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) programme, based on recognised
environmental management system principles (such as ISO 14001). As an inaugural
signatory to the Buckingham Palace Declaration in March 2016, Qatar Airways became
the irst airline globally to be certiied to the industry standard for the prevention of
illegal wildlife traicking in aviation.
