{"id":282852,"date":"2023-06-07T15:08:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T14:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/?p=282852"},"modified":"2023-07-29T11:29:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T10:29:33","slug":"review-qatar-airways-b777-business-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/2023\/06\/07\/review-qatar-airways-b777-business-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Qatar Airways Boeing 777 Business Class from Doha to the Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wednesday\u00a0newsletters<\/a>\u00a0always feature a\u00a0hotel<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0flight<\/a>\u00a0review.<\/p>\n I recently enjoyed a wonderful holiday in the Maldives. During my trip, I did not stay at Soneva Fushi<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Soneva Jani<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 my favorite resorts in the Maldives (I am going back though in 2024) \u2013 but I tried out some new, ultra-luxurious and fabulous resorts. Read my trip reports here:<\/p>\n Last February, I traveled with friends to the Maldives, but the outbound flight did not go as planned. We were all supposed to meet in London Heathrow and fly from there directly with British Airways to Male, but unfortunately, my friends stranded in Brussels as British Airways cancelled the Brussels to London leg of their itinerary. They were offered a new flight 3 days (!!!) later due to an issue with availability and the staff at Brussels airport was far from helpful. My friends noticed that there was still online availability with Qatar Airways (a British Airways One World partner) on the same day, so they called the British Airways help center in London and were eventually rebooked without extra cost on Qatar Airways. It\u2019s a shame that British Airways never suggested this solution in the first place (the rebooking was only offered after my friends told the British Airways agents about this possibility). In the end, my friends enjoyed the hospitality of\u00a0Qatar Airways<\/a>\u00a0and they arrived without further delay in the Maldives.<\/p>\n I asked my friends to take some videos and photos of their flights with Qatar Airways, and to write a trip report about their experience. I already published the trip report about the first part of their journey (Brussels to Doha on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner), which you can read here<\/a>, and this article covers the second part of their trip (Doha to Male). The flight from Doha to Male was operated by a Boeing 777-300ER that Qatar Airways is leasing from Cathay Pacific. The carrier is currently using several Cathay Pacific B777s to deal with its aircraft shortage, which is<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> driven by problems with its Airbus A350s. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Over the past years, Qatar Airways grounded much of its A350s, claiming degradation of the A350 fuselage although <\/span><\/span>Airbus has always claimed that the damage was purely cosmetic. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>A couple of months ago, the dispute between Airbus and Qatar Airways was settled though and the A350 are re-entering service, so I assume it won’t take long before the leased Boeing 777s will leave Qatar Airways’ fleet. On the flight from Doha to the Maldives, the Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 was piloted and staffed by Qatar Airways crew, and the onboard service comprised Qatar Airways’ soft product. Have you ever flown with Qatar Airways? If so, what is your experience? Leave a\u00a0comment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In this review (more information & photos below my Youtube clip & slideshow):<\/p>\n\n
\nToday:\u00a0<\/strong>Qatar Airways Boeing 777 Business Class from Doha to the Maldives<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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