Why it matters
Affects 2 airline programs (Emirates, Qatar Airways).
What happened
- **Damascus (DAM):** Restart moved up from June 15 to May 1.
- **Los Angeles (LAX):** Restart delayed from May 1 to June 7. The airline has extended its flexible rebooking and refund policies for flights until September 15, 2026. Additionally, the CEO clarified Privilege Club tier extension promises and qualification requirements for the period of February 28 – May 31, 2026. Other destinations scheduled to restart by June 16 include Alexandria, Kinshasa, Luanda, Marrakesh, Port Harcourt, Seychelles, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Kozhikode, Osaka, Tashkent, Ankara, Antalya, Baku, Belgrade, Bodrum, Brussels, Budapest, Duesseldorf, Lisbon, London Gatwick, Malaga, Mykonos, Nice, Oslo, Prague, Tbilisi, Trabzon, Yerevan, Zagreb, Abha, Abu Dhabi, Al Najaf, Almaty, Baghdad, Bahrain, Basrah, Erbil, Kuwait, Madinah, Sulaymaniyah, Adelaide, Auckland, and Brisbane
Qatar Airways updated its network schedule effective June 16, 2026, with several key date changes: - **Dubai (DXB) and Sharjah (SHJ):** Restart brought forward to today, April 23, 2026.
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