en.Wedoany.com Reported - Qatar Airways has significantly reduced its scheduled Airbus A380 flight operations between April and December 2026. According to data as of April 24th, the airline has scheduled only 920 A380 outbound flights during this period, a 43% decrease compared to 1,620 flights in the same period of 2025.

The primary reason for the reduction is the Iran war, which led Qatar Airways to ground all eight of its operational A380 aircraft in April and May. Additionally, two other A380s delivered in 2014 have been stored since 2020. As a result, no A380s operated flights to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Singapore, and Sydney in April and May. During these two months, the airline used Boeing 777-300ERs to replace the A380 on flights to Suvarnabhumi and some Heathrow routes, while deploying the Airbus A350-900 on the Singapore Changi route and the Airbus A350-1000 on the Sydney and London Heathrow routes.

Currently, the A380 is scheduled to resume service on June 16th, after a previously planned restart date of June 1st. On June 16th, Qatar Airways plans to operate four A380 flights: two to London Heathrow and two to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi. During June, July, and August, the A380 will only be used for flights to London and Bangkok. From September 16th, the aircraft type plans to resume flights to Paris Charles de Gaulle (once daily), Singapore Changi (once daily), and Sydney (once daily). Starting in October, the London, Paris, Singapore, and Sydney routes will see daily A380 service, while Bangkok will have ten weekly flights.

Looking ahead to November and December, A380 flight numbers are expected to be down by nearly a quarter and over one-fifth, respectively, compared to the same period in 2025, driven largely by a significant reduction in capacity to Bangkok. In the same two months last year, the airline operated 24 weekly A380 flights to Bangkok, while now only one daily flight is planned.

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