Airline Development

Airline Development

Hamad International Airport: Facts and figures

  • Passenger Traffic: HIA handled 54.3 million passengers in 2025, a 3% year-on-year increase, with August exceeding 5 million passengers, the busiest month on record.
  • Aircraft movements: 282,975 take-offs and landings were recorded, up 1% year-on-year, with 85% on-time performance.
  • Cargo: Cargo handling reached 2.59 million tones in 2025, reflecting a slight decline in line with global market trends.
  • Airlines Networks: The network expanded to 57 airline partners, welcoming Virgin Australia, Georgian Airways and Smartwings, and supporting new destinations including Aleppo and the Red Sea region.
  • Point-to-point traffic: Direct passenger volumes to and from Doha reached 13.5 million, a 5.4% year-on-year increase.
  • Infrastructure Development: Concourses D and E opened in 2025, adding 17 contact gates to enhance capacity and operational resilience.

Airport Charges

Hamad International Airport levies aeronautical charges to finance its core aeronautical activities and welcome its passengers by offering high quality, safe and secure services.

Please click here to view our standard airport charges applicable: Download

 

Start flying to DOH

Airport Start-up checklist

MATAR Airline Development team is here to assist every airline in setting up its new operation at Hamad International Airport (DOH). Our partnership approach ensures that we will support our new airline customers in every step of the way facilitating all processes for starting-up operations.

The following practical start-up checklist describes the required steps for launching operations at Hamad International Airport (DOH): Download

Customer information form

The following form must be used to provide important customer information and contact details to Hamad International Airport: Download

Operational Guidance

The following document describes requirements of Hamad International Airport from airlines planning to commence operations at DOH. It is intended to help airlines for a smooth operations commencement, describing requirements in terms of operational messages, information used for planning and billing, as well as information shared with the public (via FIDS or website): Download

Contact MATAR Airline Development

For further business queries, please reach out to the MATAR Airline Development Team.

Email: matarairlinedev@hamadairport.com.qa

Phone: +974 4010 2508 | +974 4010 7758

 

Documents and Useful Links:

Airport Charges: Download

Airport Start-up Checklist: Download

Customer Information Form: Download

Operational Guidance: Download

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