Over the past several months we've seen some fantastic new business class products introduced, including from All Nippon Airways, British Airways, and Virgin Atlantic. Of those, I was particularly impressed by All Nippon Airways' new 777-300ER business…
Qatar Airways will be hitting a very exciting milestone as of August 1, 2020, assuming things don't change. As of that date, all US routes should feature Qsuites. Qsuites is Qatar Airways' exceptional business class product, which debuted in June 2017.…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how Miami would be getting Qatar Airways Qsuites for a limited time, though there's a further positive development on this front. Qsuites is Qatar Airways' exceptional business class product, which debuted in June…
Yesterday I wrote about Qatar Airways' unusual delivery flights. The airline took delivery of four 787-9s from Boeing at once, with another three expected to be taken delivery of before the end of 2019. The planes are ready on Boeing's end, but the new…
Qatar Airways has 30 Boeing 787-9 aircraft on order, and the airline has just taken delivery of several of these... surprisingly. The airline has an incredibly diverse wide body fleet, as Qatar Airways already has 777-200s, 777-300s, A330-200s, A330-300s,…
Qatar Airways has recently unveiled their new safety video. As it's described, the video turns the pre-match soccer team-talk into an entertaining safety video that will be shown on board all flights before the end of the year. The six minute video (darn,…
The biggest talker in the airline industry has just talked. It's being reported that Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al-Baker has expressed interest in an investment in Lufthansa. Al-Baker is quoted as saying yesterday that “if there is an opportunity to invest…
American Airlines has been doing a good job lately with adding partner airline award options to aa.com. This makes it easier for the average member to redeem American miles, since they can see all the options available to them with a single search. If…
Cargo airlines operate some very interesting routes. For example, my home in Miami has a great view of the arrivals path for Miami International Airport, and nothing gets me quite as excited as seeing the Cathay Pacific Cargo 747-8 landing from Anchorage.…
Doha's Hamad International Airport opened in 2014. The airport had an initial capacity of 29 million passengers per year, though we've known that over time the plan was to increase capacity at the airport. There has been some debate regarding to what…
Qatar Airways is known for their incredible Qsuites business class, which is currently available on all A350-1000s, as well as select A350-900s, 777-200s, and 777-300s. Qatar Airways has an incredibly varied long haul fleet (they seem to think that wide…
Boy was I excited about this flight! I had flown Qsuites on Qatar Airways' 777-300ER before, but this was my first time flying their A350 Qsuites, and my first ever flight on any A350-1000 (I was on Qatar Airways' first-ever A350-900 flight back in 2015,…
We had a roughly eight hour layover in Doha, as we were arriving from Cape Town around midnight, and departing for Dallas shortly before 8AM. So that left us with a few choices for spending our layover. The way I viewed it, we had a few options for how…
After a once in a lifetime trip, it was time for the long journey home. We managed to all travel back on the same flight using miles, with what I consider to be one of the best award chart sweet spots out there. Qatar Airways has my favorite business…
Qatar Airways has finally made a legitimate improvement to their Privilege Club program, specifically for their Platinum members. This follows a move back in July where the airline improved the Platinum tier by making the elite card heavier. Really.…
Qatar Airways has today published their annual report for 2018-2019, and the results are rough. You have to read quite a bit into the report to see just how bad things were. The title of the press release announcing the results simply says that the report…
In my opinion Qatar Airways offers the all around best business class experience in the world with their Qsuites product. However, historically one area where the airline has lagged is with inflight wifi. Up until recently: -- None of Qatar Airways'…
There's a new five star airline on the horizon! Angola's Novo Jornal is reporting that there are talks taking place about the possibility of Qatar Airways investing in TAAG Angola. Allegedly Angola's transport minister was recently in Doha for these…
Qatar Airways Qsuites is my favorite business class product in the world. Historically the airline has also had exceptional business class fares, though for quite a while the number of sales were limited, especially for travel originating in the US.…
Here's yet another interesting management shift at a major airline (I feel like we've seen an unusual number of these lately). In May 2019, Thierry Antinori resigned as Emirates' EVP and Chief Commercial Officer. The abruptness of his departure caught…
Oh my... Today's Qatar Airways flight QR816 was scheduled to fly from Doha to Hong Kong. The flight was supposed to depart at 7:35AM, and the "block time" (gate-to-gate) was scheduled to be eight hours. Well, the journey time ended up taking 12 hours…
