One of the next airlines to take delivery of the Airbus A380 is Qatar Airways, which plans to take delivery of their first three A380s in June. A couple of weeks ago Qatar Airways revealed that their first A380 destination will be in Europe, and that they hope to start service with it by the…
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will the new airport finally be open by then? if not, how many buses will it take to load/unload?
If it isn't Boeing, I'm not going....
Er wrong catch phrase, I meant to say, No Shower=No Power...
It does look nice!
Only flown 2 A380s (LH in F and Thai in Business), but I think Qatar's First looks pretty classy.
Qatar...the official airline of the Muslim Brotherhood. Yes, seriously. Stop plugging their petro-dollar bought airline. You give them far more press than they deserve. You couldn't pay me to fly them. And where do all of their planes transit? Doha-- a nasty spit of sand where alcohol is taboo and women are covered from head to toe, Sounds like someone else's version of "first class"...certainly not mine.
Emirates business on the A380 is much nicer and on par with some first class. Fully flat seat with an added pad for extra sleeping comfort, minibar, great monitor, space and privacy (the seats closer to the windows), lots of storage options, plus the bar on the rear.
Is it just the lighting in this one link below? It looks a far cry from your photos.
@ Matt - Can we keep the bigotry to a minimum on a frequent flyer blog? The Qatari emir created the first pluralistic Arab television news service, al-Jazeera, which has had an enlivening effect on Arab-speaking populations everywhere. Qatar hasn't experienced domestic unrest or violence like so many other nearby countries in 2010-11, partly to the people's immense prosperity. The country supported the revolutions in Libya and Syria rather than siding with the dictators. Last year, the emir voluntarily stood down and gave power to his son - hardly democratic, but a peaceful abdication in a region that has never seen one. Qatar has advanced health care and education, and is one of America's few reliable allies in the Middle East, providing invaluable assistance in the Gulf War and the Iraq War. Yes, it's undemocratic. But, unless you're not going to fly Chinese airlines either, the only differentiating factor seems to be that Qatar is Muslim. Beware! The evil Muslims! Let's focus on the damn plane seats, please.
Its an elegant first class cabin design. What do you prefer - an open area seat/cocoon or a suite? There are benefits to both. An open plan allows FAs to possibly provide more attention (like ANA) and really deliver the art of the soft product. It also allows you to socialize with others or people watch. However, suites shield you from others (and their farts) and sleep in private - but it is kind of isolating. Your China Southern experience clearly allowed FAs to "seal you away" from what you were not supposed to see and minimize their service to you.
@Matt Are you the same Matt who also posts troll comments on View From the Wing?
I definitely prefer the EK shower.
@Bill- I agree the cocoon thing is nice but I also find it slows down the Dom refills : )
F Seats seem to look similar to LH F seat but different color and details. J seat from the link looks nice (same as 787) which is the best J seats out there. I am disappointed with F seats cuz it does not seem cutting edge as Lucky said. No bar, no shower, no lounge, no duty free store, bowling, manicure, massage spa, etc. features added.
Since first class will be in the upper deck, that means it will have a lot of soace for the bathroom area. Do you know whetheri it will be like LH with two massive bathrooms with urinal, or like Thai with one bathroom for 8 passengers amd the other side as a lounge? If there was a shower i would imagine they would announce it in the press release. I consider DOH-LHR as a medium-haul flight so hopefully they will fly the A380 to Australia or the USA someday.
@ Joey -- They haven't announced the full layout one way or another yet. Who knows, maybe they *will* have showers up there? You never know!
Lucky, you may be right! We'll see later this year! By the way, I read this article from Bloomberg stating Qatar mainly plans medium-haul routes for the A380, at least for the time being.
Hi does anybody now the names for the 3 Qatar A380 deliverd this year. There is a small name in english and arabic below the cockpit seen at Airbus/Hamburg, but on pictures it can not be read...thanks
Lucky, since you called out the Asiana A380 flight schedule perfectly I wish you would take a shot @ this one as well. I know Doha - LHR has few flights a day but in your assumption which flight would this replace?
@ AH -- My guess would be that it will replace one of the A340-600 frequencies. Beyond that I have no clue, though. As soon as I hear anything I'll be sure to post.