Doha International Airport (closed 27 May 2014) and/or New Doha International Airport, now known as Hamad International Airport (opened 30 April 2014).
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Based on departure/arrive local time, how to know if my flight will be entirely at night?
Next September (2014) I will fly on vacation from São Paulo (GRU) to Doha (DOH), leaving at 02:45 (Brazil local time) and arriving at 23:00 (Qatar local time). Assuming that the flight has 13h duration, and that in Brazil, the sun rises at 6:00 (3…
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Does the new Doha Hamad International still offer "alcoholic left luggage", and how does it work?
Recently, Doha has switched from the old Doha International Airport to the new Hamad International airport. The new airport looks a huge improvement on the old one, which is good, but the switch does leave some confusion on what advice / information…
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Sick child in airport - how can the airport help?
When I was at Doha Airport, in one of the waiting rooms, I ran across a couple who had a small baby with them. The parents were not well-off and were going to see some very ill/about-to-be-dead relative, don't remember the exact circumstance but on…
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Doha layover at night
I'll arrive at Doha, Qatar (Hamad International) at 19:25 and I'll continue my trip at 02:55 so I'll have 7.5 hours at Doha. Is it worth to visit the city at night? What is the travel time to the city?
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Qatar - Doha - Lounge Options
I am traveling to Vietnam soon and will have a ~6 hour layover in Doha. Since this is quite some time to kill and my connecting flight leaves at 1am from Doha I am wondering about cheap options for lounges in Doha.
Am I eligible to enter any lounge…
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Does a Filipino flying from Vietnam to Brazil need a visa or transit visa to layover in Istanbul or Doha Qatar?
Planning to travel from Vietnam to Brazil via Turkish Airlines with a layover in Istanbul, or via Qatar Airways with a layover is in Doha Qatar.
Is it possible to layover in Istanbul or Doha without visa/transit visa?
If I checked my luggage with…
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Transiting Doha Hamad International Airport
Can you walk from terminal 1C to terminal 2 at Doha's Hamad International Airport? How long will it take? I only have one hour between flights.
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Prayer room in Doha International Airport within departure area
Can we access prayer room in Doha International Airport within the departure area?
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alcohol into Doha airport to Canada?
I am going to be returning to Canada soon from Lebanon and I will have a layover in Hamad airport in Doha. I have several bottles of alcohol in my luggage and possibly another one from Beirut international.
Will there be any issues or questions with…
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Transferring through Hamad International Airport (Doha)
I am gonna fly to Sydney next month by Qatar Airways. After the first flight, I will arrive at Hamad International Airport (First, I am flying from my country to Doha by Qatar Airways and then after connection time at Hamad International Airport, I…
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Passport validity for transiting Doha
My son will have a close to 3 month validity on his British passport when travelling from New Zealand where we now reside to the UK. We transit Doha both ways on this journey, is this short validity going to be an issue?
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How bad are the transit queues at Doha airport?
How bad are the queues when transiting? In other words, how long a transit time would be a safe bet?
If makes a difference, both flights are Qatar Airways, transiting between AKL and HEL.
I'm asking because I see a lot of negative comments about…
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Checking luggage Dublin-LHR-Doha-Kilimanjaro
I am flying BA from Dublin to LHR then Qatar Airlines from LHR to Doha and Kilimanjaro. Will I be able to check my luggage through from Dublin to Kilimanjaro?
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BOS>DOH>MEL>ADL, baggage and customs questions
I'm an American citizen without much experience traveling internationally. I have a long international flight originating in Boston, USA, going through Doha, Qatar to Melbourne, Australia then to Adelaide Australia. It's all on one ticket through…
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Less than 6 month's passport validity transit through Doha
Is it possible to transit through Doha Airport (not leaving the airport) with less than 6 months validity on your passport? If entry is permitted at destination location (Sydney)
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