Qatar Airways has added additional frequencies to Toronto, eventually increasing the number of flights to the largest city in Canada to daily.
Qatar Airways
IATA/ICAO Code
QR/QTR
Year Founded
1993
The airline currently serves two gateways in Canada: Montreal and Toronto, with the carrier starting flights to the former in June 2011 with three weekly flights. In around ten years, it increased services to Montreal to daily.
Increasing Frequencies To Toronto
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As flagged by AeroRoutes, Qatar Airways has scheduled an expansion of the number of departures from Doha Hamad International Airport
(DOH) to Toronto Pearson International Airport
(YYZ), increasing the number of frequencies from three weekly to five weekly starting June 19, and to daily starting October 26.
Flight QR767 and the return itinerary, flight QR768, will keep the same schedule. The westward flight is scheduled to depart the Qatari capital at 08:10 local time (UTC +3) and land in the Canadian city at 14:15 local time (UTC -4). The return flight is scheduled to depart Toronto-Pearson at 21:00 and land in Doha at 16:40 on the following day.
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In comparison, Qatar Airways flights – QR763 – to Montréal–Trudeau International Airport
(YUL) are scheduled to depart toward the Canadian city at 08:30, landing at the airport, named after Pierre Trudeau, the former Prime Minister of Canada, at 14:45 (UTC -4). The return itinerary, flight QR764, departs Montreal at 21:35 and is scheduled to land in Doha at 16:45 the following day. Both are operated by Boeing 777-300ER
aircraft, according to data from the aviation analytics Cirium’s Diio Mi airline planning tool.
Started In December 2024
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Qatar Airways flights to Toronto-Pearson will be ramping up fairly quickly since the Qatari carrier began flights on December 12, 2024, complementing the services to Montreal. Then, the airline operated its first-ever flight to the Canadian city with a Starlink-equipped 777-300ER, with Qatar Airways highlighting that it surpassed its Starlink roll-out target for 2024, already installing the connectivity solution on 15 instead of 12 777-300ER aircraft.
At the time, the airline highlighted that since it launched flights to Montreal in June 2011, it has served over 1.6 million passengers on thrice weekly, five weekly, and then daily flights to the city. According to Cirium’s Diio Mi, between June 2011 and April 2025, it offered a total of 2.1 million seats from Doha to Montreal and from Montreal to Doha.
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Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Qatar Airways, who replaced the ever-outspoken Akbar Al Baker and assumed his role in November 2023, said that the launch of flights to Toronto underscored its commitment to presenting Canadian travelers with unparalleled service and seamless connectivity. The CEO praised Toronto-Pearson as a vital hub for global travel and its role as a gateway for business, culture, and tourism, making it a fitting addition to Qatar Airways’ network.
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North American Network
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Together with itineraries to the two Canadian cities, in May, Qatar Airways will offer 115 weekly departures from Doha to the United States, including 11 airports in the latter country, such as Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) or Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
(DFW).
The oneworld
alliance member offers at least daily flights to all its North American destinations – for the time being, does not include Toronto, but this will change in October – with the most frequencies being scheduled to New York John F. Kennedy International Airport
(JFK, 18 weekly), Dallas/Fort Worth (14), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD, 14), and Miami International Airport (MIA, ten).
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In addition, Qatar Airways has flights to three South American destinations, namely Bogotá El Dorado International Airport (BOG), Caracas Simon Bolivar International Airport (CCS), and São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU). The airline announced flights to Bogota and Caracas on January 22, with the carrier saying at the time that they would start in “early summer.” Flights, operated by 777-200LR
aircraft, will depart towards Bogotá, continue to Caracas, and then return to Doha from Caracas without stopping in Colombia.
