Qatar Airways: flights 3+ hours late or cancelled at UK airports

Of 11,782 scheduled Qatar Airways flights to and from UK airports in 2025, 1.1% were cancelled or at least 3 hours late (95% range 0.93%–1.31%), measured at the UK airport. Source: UK CAA.

How it works ↓

Data: CAA punctuality statistics, calendar year 2025 (published 25 February 2026) · calculated 3 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

1.1%3+ hours late or cancelled

11,782scheduled flights 2025

By UK airport

UK airport	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
London Heathrow	5,923	1.2%	1.0%–1.5%	23
Manchester	2,379	1.0%	0.6%–1.4%	7
Edinburgh	1,465	1.0%	0.6%–1.7%	9
London Gatwick	1,277	0.9%	0.5%–1.6%	5
Birmingham	736	1.1%	0.5%–2.1%	6

UK airports with at least 200 scheduled flights of this airline in 2025; linked airports (500+ flights) have a page with this airline's destinations and a comparison with the other airlines there.

In 2025, Qatar Airways disrupted UK flights slightly less often than the national average (1.6%), and at almost exactly the same rate at every airport. Disruption more often meant a long delay than a cancellation.

Five airports, no outliers

The spread is narrow: from 0.9% at London Gatwick to 1.2% at London Heathrow, with Edinburgh on 1.0%. London Heathrow has the most flights (5,923): 49 flights were 3+ hours late and 23 were cancelled, half as many. The Heathrow – Doha route covers all airlines combined: 7,074 flights, 1.5%.

If the delay hits your connection in Doha

For example, you are flying on a single booking from Edinburgh via Doha onwards, your first flight is delayed and the connection falls through. The delay into Doha itself does not count. Under UK261, as the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) explains, what matters is how much later you reach your final destination, and the distance is measured from the first to the last airport on the booking. Heathrow – Doha alone is already 5,241 km, and with the onward leg well over 3,500 km: £260 for a delay of 3–4 hours, £520 for longer.

Caveats

This is an upper estimate of flights where compensation may be due. Weather, air traffic control, strikes by third parties and security problems are “extraordinary circumstances” and give no right to compensation; cancellations announced 14 days or more ahead do not either.
The CAA measures delay at the UK airport (departure or arrival). The legal test is the delay on arrival at the final destination.
Flights in both directions are combined. For flights from an EU airport, EU261 applies when the airline is an EU airline (€250 / €400 / €600), UK261 when it is a UK airline.
Shares differ between airlines partly because of where and when they fly: routes to islands and airports with frequent weather or air traffic control restrictions raise the share without the airline being at fault.