The Embassy of the State of Qatar in Pretoria would like to confirm the continuation of operating Qatar Airways Relief Charter Flights between Doha - HIA and Johannesburg - O.R.Tambo, which started on the 5th of May 2020, and will continue till the 2nd of June 2020, in cooperation between the embassy, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa (DIRCO), the relevant authorities in Qatar and Qatar Airways, in order to assist in repatriating stranded South African nationals from various cities around the world, and repatriating other foreign nationals from South Africa via Doha, to their respective countries.
Qatar Airways office in South Africa will provide the respective embassies with consolidated booking lists of their citizens, and esteemed embassies shall send those lists with formal request to the embassy of the State of Qatar in Pretoria through email: Pretoria@mofa.gov.qa, where the embassy shall ratify them and formally communicate them to the respective South African authorities for final clearance.
10 inbound and outbound flights were achieved so far since the program started on 6 May 2020, where hundreds of South Africans could return and hundreds of foreigners could depart to reach their homes in their respective countries. More flights are scheduled on 28th of May and 2nd, 6th, 10th, 14th, 18th, 22nd, 26th, 30th of June. This will culminate into 28 flight in total.
Concentration point for passengers: in front of embassy’s location, 1077 Justice Mohamed Street WaterKloof 0181, 4 hours before departure. Embassy and Qatar Airways staff will assist passengers and Qatar Airways will provide busses to transport passengers to O.R. Tambo airport, Johannesburg.
This program demonstrates the needed solidarity and international cooperation in order to respond to the corona pandemic, COVID-19 and it represents an example of the excellent bilateral relations between the State of Qatar and the Republic of South Africa, and all friendly states.
Last update: 25 May 2020