Since January 3, Qatar Airways has been teasing something throughout their social media channels with the hashtag #LikeNeverBefore. Many of us assumed that this was a big announcement that we should actually be excited about. After all, Qatar Airways…
Ugh, Qatar Airways sure knows how to tease. Starting on January 3 the airline has teased that a huge announcement is coming January 17, with the hashtag #LikeNeverBefore. They have different messages through different social platforms, but for example,…
To be clear, "spectacular" as far as legitimate fares go, not as far as $800 Cathay Pacific first class fares go... ;) Qatar Airways Qsuites is my favorite business class product in the world. Historically the airline has also had exceptional business…
Qatar Airways offers two spectacular lounges at Doha Hamad International Airport: -- The Al Mourjan Lounge, which is open to business class passengers -- The Al Safwa Lounge, which is open to first class passengers The Al Mourjan Lounge is consistently…
Hah, well this sure is... amusing. Qatar Airways has just announced that they've acquired a roughly 5% stake in China Southern. Qatar Airways says this was an on-market purchase of certain A shares and H shares. Here's what Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al…
As an update to the below post, I know a lot of people were excited about Qatar Airways introducing Qsuites to LAX as of February, as it looked like the route would get Qsuites daily. Note that Qatar has updated the schedule, and for now flights on…
Here's an exciting fleet update. Qatar Airways operates one of the most modern fleets of aircraft in the world. Their newest aircraft is the Airbus A350-1000, a plane for which they were the launch customer, and they have a total of 40 on order. The…
Happy Holidays from Slovenia. I'm still travelling, but took a few days 'off' writing for Christmas. A few years ago, Qatar Airways seemed to publish legitimate very cheap business class fares from Europe to Asia regularly. Oslo seemed to be almost constantly…
Qatar Airways is known for their modern fleet, and particularly for 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…
One of the goals of the Gulf carriers is to develop the infrastructure of their home countries and put them on the map. One has to wonder where Doha would be without Qatar Airways, or where Dubai would be without Emirates. While these cities are known…
Delta's war on Qatar Airways is back in full swing, despite the US and Qatar having come to an agreement earlier this year. The latest attack from Delta comes in the form of an op-ed from CEO Ed Bastian, which is dishonest and hypocritical, to put it…
Qatar Airways’ Qsuites is the world's best business class product, in my opinion. It initially debuted between Doha and London Heathrow in June 2017. The airline has been working on retrofitting existing planes with Qsuites, and also has taken delivery…
After a slow start, Qatar Airways is rapidly adding QSuites to various routes. As well as fitting Airbus A350-1000s (and Boeing 777-300s) with QSuites, they have also started installing QSuites on A350-900s, as I found out the hard way, and Boeing 777-200s.…
While Qatar Airways has A380s, they have only 10 of them in their fleet, with no further A380s on order. As a point of comparison, Emirates has over 100 of them in their fleet. While Emirates flies A380s to all kinds of destinations, Qatar Airways has…
Hello from Muscat! The new airport here is incredible and is possibly my new favourite airport (and so far I've only experienced it as an arriving passenger). A few days ago I flew in from Amman, Jordan via Doha, on Qatar Airways. A few months ago I…
Pistols at dawn! Qatar's (in)famous CEO Akbar Al Baker is known for saying all sorts of things on behalf of his airline that he doesn't mean (how's that new route to Las Vegas going?), but recently he has insisted that Qatar Airways is considering leaving…
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 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…
