Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C.-Arabic: القطرية, al-Qaṭariya, operating as Qatar Airways, is the state-owned flag carrier airline of Qatar. Headquartered in the Qatar Airways Tower in Doha, the airline operates a hub-and-spoke network, flying to over 150 international destinations across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania from its base at Hamad International Airport, using a fleet of more than 200 aircraft. Qatar Airways Group employs more than 43,000 people. The carrier has been a member of the Oneworld alliance since October 2013, the first Persian Gulf carrier to sign with one of the three major airline alliances.

Origin Qatar was a joint-owner member of Bahrain-based Gulf Air along with Oman, the UAE Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and Kingdom of Bahrain, until its May 2002 withdrawal, making it the first Gulf country to withdraw from the airline, although it remained a member of the airline for six months after the government announced its withdrawal.

Qatar Airways was established by the government of Qatar on November 22, 1993; operations started on January 20, 1994. Amman was first served in May 1994. In April 1995, the airline's CEO was the Sheikh Hamad Bin Ali Bin Jabor Al Thani who employed a staff of 75. By this time the fleet consisted of two Airbus A310s that served a route network including Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Cairo, Dubai, Khartoum, Kuwait, London, Madras, Manila, Muscat, Osaka, Sharjah, Taipei, Tokyo and Trivandrum. During 1995, two ex-All Nippon Airways Boeing 747s were bought from Boeing. The airline acquired a second-hand Boeing 747SP from Air Mauritius in 1996.

Ownership and subsidiaries As of May 2014, the company is fully owned by the Qatari government. Qatar Airways has been fully controlled by the government since July 2013, following the buyout of a 50% stake from a former foreign minister and other shareholders. At March 2019, the Qatar Airways Group employed more than 45,000 people, of whom 32,000 worked directly for the airline. Qatar Airways has been described as an example of "soft power" diplomacy by the authoritarian government in Qatar to rebrand the state. Human rights organizations have criticized Qatar Airways for its relationship with the Qatari state, citing the poor human rights record in Qatar. Qatar Airways is as of February 2020 the largest shareholder in International Airlines Group (IAG) with 25.1% of the shares.

Divisions

Qatar Airways has many divisions including: Qatar Aircraft Catering Company, Doha International Airport, Qatar Airways Holidays, United Media Int, Qatar Duty Free, Qatar Aviation Services, Qatar Distribution Company, and Qatar Executive.

List of Qatar Airways destinations

Qatar Airways is the flag carrier of Qatar, and operates flights from its home of Doha Hamad International Airport to more than 90 countries on every inhabited continent.

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Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport Passenger + Cargo

Miami Miami International Airport Passenger

Cabin Qatar Airways' First Class Airbus A380 cabin mockup at ITB Berlin.

First class

Qatar Airways offers first class passengers over 6.5 feet (200 cm) of legroom and seats that fold into flat beds with feather duvets. First class seats are equipped with massage functions and an entertainment system. First class, available only on A380s, features a 90-inch (230 cm) seat pitch, transforming into a fully flat bed, together with an expansive choice of entertainment options displayed on individual 26-inch television screens. It is configured as 1-2-1. All new Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft will be in standard two-class configuration.

Business class

Qatar Airways' new business class product, the Qsuite on a Boeing 777-300ER.

Qatar Airways' Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Business Class cabin.
Qatar Airways offers business class passengers fully flat horizontal beds with direct aisle access in a 1-2-1 configuration on board its Airbus A380, Airbus A350, Boeing 777, and Boeing 787 aircraft. On other long and medium-haul aircraft, business class seats are in a 2-2-2 configuration offering flatbed seats with 180 degrees recline, with massage functions.

In March 2017, Qatar Airways revealed a new business class cabin, dubbed "Qsuite.” The new cabin offer suites with doors arranged in a 1-2-1 configuration. Qsuite features single seats on the window sides, and the middle section suites can be converted into a quad room, allowing four passengers to face each other in a dining-room like set up. Additionally, select "couple" seat pairs in the middle section can be converted into a double bed, offering a product similar to what other airlines offer in First Class. Launched on new Boeing 777-300ER and A350 XWB aircraft from summer 2017 and initially introduced on the Doha to London Heathrow route, the new seats will be retrofitted in the remaining fleet progressively, excluding the Airbus A330s and Airbus A380s due to their upcoming retirement of the types beginning in 2019 and 2024 as Qatar Airways introduced the Airbus A350, Boeing 787, and Boeing 777X to replace them.

Economy class

Economy Class seats (equipped with Oryx One in-flight entertainment screens) on one of Qatar Airways' Boeing 777-200LRs.
Qatar Airways economy class was named best in the world in the 2009 and 2010 Skytrax Awards. Qatar Airways offers economy class passengers a seat pitch of up to 34 inches (86 cm). Economy class passengers on A330 aircraft are offered individual seat-back TV screens. Passengers on Airbus A350, A380, Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft are offered touch-screen IFE monitors.

Qatar Airways has taken delivery of several A320 family aircraft so far with individual seat-back personal televisions in every seat in economy class. The IFE is equipped with the same Thales entertainment system as used in the widebody fleet. A further four A321s and the two A319LRs will be equipped with the new IFE, as well as new upcoming A320 family aircraft deliveries.

New economy seats will be introduced with the launch of the 787. These new seats will be produced by Recaro and are fitted in a 3-3-3 configuration. 16.9 inches (43 cm) of width and a pitch of 32 inches (81 cm) will offer less personal space than before. Furthermore, each seat will have a 10.6 inch in-seat LED monitor offering in-flight entertainment. The features will also extend to the possibility of Wi-Fi and GSM telephony usage and USB ports for connecting personal items such as digital cameras.

In-flight entertainment
Qatar Airways' in-flight entertainment system is called Oryx One. With the exception of some Airbus A320 family aircraft, all aircraft have personal seat-back Info-tainment screens. Some Airbus A320 family aircraft are fitted with main screen entertainment. Qatar is updating Airbus A320 family aircraft to seat-back AVOD. Qatar Airways also offers Onboard Connectivity Wi-Fi, which allows passengers to send SMS and MMS, access email, and browse the internet. This service is available on all A380, A350, B777, B787, A319, and select A320, A321, and A330 aircraft.

Privilege Club
Qatar Airways' Privilege Club loyalty program allows members to accumulate Avios miles from flying (on Qatar Airways and oneworld airline partners) and non-airline partners, as well as allows 1:1 transfer of Avios miles from Avios programs of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus. Privilege Club will also award Qpoints for segments flew on Qatar Airways and oneworld partner airlines, reaching certain level of Qpoints in one year allows the member (the base membership level is Burgundy) to be awarded oneworld Ruby (Silver), Sapphire (Gold) or Emerald (Platinum) status, which comes with benefits of lounge access, complimentary upgrades and extra baggage limits.

Lounges
After full operations commenced at its new hub, Doha in 2014, the Al Mourjan Business Lounge for Qatar Airways’ premium passengers opened in July 2014. Access to the Al Mourjan Business Lounge is for Qatar Airways and Oneworld first-class and business-class passengers only.

In 2015 Qatar Airways opened the Al Safwa First Lounge for its first-class passengers.

The airline's first lounge outside Doha opened at London Heathrow's Terminal 4 in January 2012 and Qatar Airways opened its new Premium Lounge at Dubai-International's Concourse D in April 2016. In January 2017, Qatar Airways opened its new premium lounge within Terminal 1 at Charles de Gaulle Airport.