About a month ago I wrote about how Qatar Airways' CEO, Akbar Al Baker, threatened that his airline may be leaving the oneworld alliance. This is a threat he has been making for years, going back as far as 2015. Al Baker's primary issues seem to be with…
Qatar Airways’ Qsuites debuted between Doha and London Heathrow as of June 2017. The airline has been working on retrofitting existing planes with Qsuites, and also has taken delivery of new planes featuring the product. So far Qsuites are available…
Qatar Airways unveiled their revolutionary QSuites business class product on their newly delivered Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, and is slowly adding this product to other long haul aircraft in their fleet, though I have questioned just how long this process…
Qatar Airways' CEO, Akbar Al Baker, is one heck of a guy. I'm never quite sure what to make of him. On one hand, I believe he's one of the most passionate people about the airline industry that you'll find anywhere in the world. I also believe he has…
Yesterday Ben wrote about how Qatar was threatening to leave the oneworld alliance (but wouldn't). One of Qatar's reasons was because of fellow oneworld member Qantas, where Qatar said: "It is blocking us getting rights into Australia"
It has been a while since Qatar Airways' CEO, Akbar Al-Baker, has made a public empty threat. Though that streak ended this week, as Al-Baker has threatened to have Qatar Airways leave the oneworld alliance. Al-Baker seems to take issue with both American…
Qatar Airways’ Qsuites debuted between Doha and London Heathrow as of June 2017. The airline has been working on retrofitting existing planes with Qsuites, and also has taken delivery of new planes featuring the product. So far Qsuites are available…
Qatar Airways has today revealed their annual report for 2017/2018, which covers what the airline calls the most challenging year in its 20 year history. Qatar Airways says that: -- Revenue grew by 7.22% compared to capacity -- Revenue per available…
A few weeks ago I wrote about how the Qatar royal family was looking to sell one of their two Boeing 747-8s. These were part of the Qatar Amiri fleet, which includes over a dozen planes. As you might expect, this 747-8 had a ridiculous interior. This…
After a slow start, Qatar Airways is now adding its 'world's best business class' QSuites at an impressive pace to various destinations around the world. Ben has ranked QSuites as the world's best business class. I haven't flown as many products as Ben…
The royal family of Qatar has quite a fleet of planes, known as the Qatar Amiri fleet. Altogether they have over a dozen planes, including two Boeing 747-8s in a business jet configuration. You'll often see these parked at major global airports (especially…
Qatar Airways is known for their modern fleet, and particularly how much they invest in new aircraft types. A few years back Qatar Airways was the launch customer for the A350-900, and earlier this year the airline was the launch customer for the A350-1000,…
Qatar Airways currently operates flights to more than 150 destinations from its hub in Doha. The airline is constantly announcing new destinations, although they have a bad habit of not actually operating many of those flights. How's that Las Vegas route…
While Qatar Airways has an excellent business class product throughout their fleet, they have very few planes with first class. The only planes to feature longhaul first class are their A380s. Qatar Airways has 10 of these in their fleet, and they each…
I love flying with Qatar Airways. They have a phenomenal onboard product, and flying with them is my favorite way to earn American AAdvantage miles, given their participation in oneworld. I'm also amused by Qatar Airways. Their CEO, Akbar Al Baker, is…
12 months ago, several Arab countries cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing them of destabilising the region, by backing militant groups including the Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda. These countries included: -- Saudi Arabia -- Bahrain -- United…
OMAAT family, I need your advice. Later this year I am planning to commence another three (plus) month extended trip, like I did last year. There are all sorts of destinations planned, which I am looking forward to sharing with you in due course. Early…
As far as I'm concerned, Qatar Airways offers the world's best business class product. Not only that, but thanks to their membership in oneworld, flying with Qatar can be a great way to earn elite qualifying miles in your preferred program (American…
Qatar Airways’ Qsuites debuted between Doha and London Heathrow as of June 2017. Since then they’ve also started offering Qsuites to Paris, New York JFK, Washington Dulles, Seoul Incheon, Chicago, Frankfurt, Shanghai, and Houston. So far Qsuites are…
Yesterday I wrote about how Qatar Airways' CEO, Akbar Al Baker, made a controversial comment at the IATA Annual General Meeting. Al Baker was asked by a reporter what he'd do to promote gender equality in the airline industry, and he started off his…
A bit over a month ago I wrote about how British Airways was considering leasing some widebody aircraft from Qatar Airways. Qatar Airways owns a stake in IAG, and it wouldn't be the first time they leased some planes to British Airways. Last year Qatar…
