Wednesday newsletters all the time characteristic a lodge or flight evaluate.
I just lately loved a beautiful vacation within the Seychelles (one in every of my favourite journey locations on this planet), and you’ll learn my journey reviews right here:
- Review: Qatar Airways Boeing 787-9 Business Class from Frankfurt to Doha
- Review: Qatar Airways Boeing 777 Business Class from Doha to the Seychelles (immediately)
- Review: Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island
- Review: Mango House Seychelles, LXR Hotels & Resorts
- Review: Canopy by Hilton Seychelles Resort
- Review: Qatar Airways Boeing 777 Business Class from the Seychelles to Doha
- Review: Qatar Airways Boeing 787-9 Business Class from Doha to Frankfurt
Today: Review: Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777 Business Class (Doha to the Seychelles)
I just lately flew with Qatar Airways in Business Class from Frankfurt (Germany) to the Seychelles, with a stopover within the service’s hub in Doha. The flight between Doha and the Seychelles was operated by one the airline’s Boeing 777-200LR plane. Unfortunately, this explicit flight was flown by a Boeing 777 with the previous Business Class cabin, with seats in a 2-2-2 structure. Apparently, Qatar Airways primarily flies Boeing 777 plane with this previous structure to the Seychelles, which is generally visited by {couples}, households, and buddies (who could want a configuration with paired seats over the Qsuite pods). Although nonetheless snug, this previous Business Class product with a 2-2-2 seat configuration is inferior to the 1-2-1 seat association that the service put in on its different widebody plane. That mentioned, I used to be nonetheless impressed by Qatar Airways’ delicate product, together with a full meal service on this quite brief flight with a 3 am departure. This weblog article additionally features a evaluate of Qatar Airways’ phenomenal new Al Mourhan Business Lounge – The Garden in Doha.
Have you ever flown with Qatar Airways? If so, what’s your expertise? Leave a remark.
- Trip: Doha (DOH) to the Seychellen (SEZ)
- Airline: Qatar Airways
- Aircraft sort: Boeing 777-200LR
- Aircraft registration quantity: A7-BBH (in-built 2010)
- On time departure: sure (3 am)
- On time arrival: sure (8:30 am)
- Flight time: 4 hours and half-hour
- Seat: 3K
- Class: Business Class
In this evaluate (extra data & photographs under my Youtube clip & slideshow):
- The Garden Lounge at Hamad International Airport
- Qatar Airways’ totally different Boeing 777 Business Class merchandise
- Business Class cabin
- Business Class seat (+ greatest & worst seats)
- Amenities & bedding
- Meals
- Entertainment
- Onboard web
- Other inflight experiences
- My verdict (rating)
1. LOUNGE
Qatar Airways manages a number of Business and First Class lounges at Hamad International Airport. This article includes a evaluate of Qatar Airways’ new Al Mourjan Business Lounge – named “The Garden” – which opened in 2023. The Garden is situated within the northern enlargement of Hamad International Airport and serves as an extension to the enduring Al Mourjan Business Lounge within the southern a part of Hamad International Airport. Together, each lounges can accommodate as much as 1,600 passengers without delay.
The phenomenal “The Garden” lounge affords uniquely designed leisure areas and areas to socialize and bask in an architectural masterpiece, which stretches over an space of seven,390 sq m (79,550 sq ft). The Garden is comprised of an imposing foyer space and two large lounge areas, which overlook Doha Airport’s enormous indoor backyard, referred to as The Orchard. One of those areas options loads of lounge areas (with various kinds of seats), organized round a water pond, whereas the opposite area options each lounge and eating areas. Both lounge areas characteristic an unimaginable decor with pure gentle, flourishing greenery, and trendy design components, reflecting the surroundings of the tropical gardens of The Orchard under.
The lounge consists of quite a few eating choices, together with a sushi counter, an à la carte restaurant, a salad bar and intensive buffet stations. The meals on provide is of very prime quality. For instance, the à la carte restaurant consists of dishes like Asian sticky beef strips, paneer pasanda, and seabass filet marinated with honey mustard dill. The lounge’s world-class services additionally embody 24 quiet areas (every designed to supply optimum leisure accessible freed from cost for the primary six hours) a spa with seven spa remedy rooms, a health studio and a recreation room.
At the middle of ‘The Garden’ lounge, proper in entrance of the reception space, is the doorway to the world’s first-ever Louis Vuitton Lounge by Yannick Alléno. This ‘lounge within a lounge’ options an beautiful fusion of luxurious gastronomy and French savoir faire, with an unique á la carte menu specifically curated by three-star Michelin Chef, Yannick Alléno (meals aren’t complimentary). From monogrammed furnishings to one-of-a-kind artwork items, each nook of this lounge is infused with particulars of the Louis Vuitton model.
2. QATAR AIRWAYS’ DIFFERENT BOEING 777 BUSINESS CLASS PRODUCTS
Qatar Airways affords a number of varieties of Business Class merchandise on its Boeing 777 fleet (which contains 92 plane with a median age of 10 years):
- The majority of Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777s options the service’s world-famous Qsuite product, which is the most effective Business Class product within the sky (and which I reviewed right here).
- On some routes (primarily to and from the Maldives), Qatar Airways makes use of Boeing 777-300ER plane which might be leased from Cathay Pacific. These Cathay Pacific Boeing 777s are piloted and staffed by Qatar Airways crew, and the onboard service comprised Qatar Airways’ delicate product. You can learn my evaluate of this product right here.
- Some Boeing 777 plane nonetheless characteristic the service’s previous Business Class cabin, with seats in a 2-2-2 structure. These plane are primarily stream between Doha and the Seychelles.
3. BUSINESS CLASS CABIN
The Boeing 777-200LR that flew us from Doha to the Seychelles was fitted with Qatar Airways’ previous Business Class product and never the extra just lately launched Qsuite product. Qatar Airways’ previous Business Class product options 42 flat mattress seats organized in a 2-2-2 structure. The 42 seats are unfold over two cabins: one bigger entrance cabin with 4 rows of 6 seats (24 seats in complete) and a smaller aft cabin with 3 row of 6 seats (18 seats in complete).
A optimistic characteristic of Qatar Airways’ previous Business Class is the sensation of spaciousness felt all through the cabin, as a result of there’s fairly a ways between the seats (opposite to most fashionable Business Class seats the place your ft go underneath the seat in entrance). However, the detrimental facet of this configuration is the dearth of direct aisle entry for window seat and the overall lack of privateness. There is a small divider between adjoining seats at head peak but it surely solely extends just a few inches in the event you pull it (so it’s quite ineffective).
4. BUSINESS CLASS SEAT (+ BEST & WORST SEATS)
Qatar Airways’ previous Business Class seat has a pitch of 78 inches (198 cm) and a width of twenty-two inches (55 cm). The seat is nicely padded and feels very snug within the upright place.
In entrance of every seat is a 17 inch TV display (constructed within the again shelf of the seat in entrance) in addition to good-sized bin under the TV to retailer some private objects. Besides the bin are two racks to retailer footwear or small luggage in addition to a pocket for magazines.
The window armrest (for window seats) or the aisle armrest (for aisle seats) options the controls for the seat place, together with a therapeutic massage perform. The different, central armrest – which is shared with the neighboring seat – includes a small facet desk that may be opened to disclose a small storage field with a bottle holder. This armrest additionally holds the tray desk, the ability ports in addition to a studying gentle.
At the contact of a button, the seat can recline right into a flat mattress with a size of 78 inches (198 cm). While the seat technically goes flat, the footrest (which is leather-based) is barely decrease in comparison with the remainder of the seat, so it doesn’t really feel like a correctly flat mattress.
What are the greatest Business Class seats
- All Business Class seats are glorious for these touring with a companion due to the 2-2-2 cabin configuration.
- The aft cabin feels a bit extra personal and intimate (which solely 3 rows of 24 seats) in comparison with the entrance cabin (which has 4 rows of 18 seats).
What are the worst Business Class seats
- The 2-2-2 Business Class structure doesn’t make the cabin very enticing for solo vacationers, since you’ll all the time find yourself sitting subsequent to a stranger.
- Window seats don’t provide direct aisle entry.
5. AMENITIES & BEDDING
Business Class passengers obtain the next facilities on this flight:
- A small amenity equipment (solely supplied upon request), holding eye shades, ear plugs and socks.
- Two pillows: a bigger one for lounging and sleeping and a smaller ornamental one with a reference to a few of the world’s most iconic cities (e.g. Amsterdam, Singapore, and many others …)
- A luxurious, burgundy-colored cover, which feels extraordinarily snug.
- Oryx One branded noise-isolating headphones.
- Dental and shaving kits are stocked within the toilet in the course of the flight.
6. MEALS
Upon boarding, I used to be provided a selection of a glass of Champagne, orange juice, water, or Qatar Airways’ signature drank, lemon mint (I select the latter).
Despite a departure in the midst of the evening (3 am) and this being a comparatively brief flight (4 hours and half-hour), a full meal was served proper after takeoff. In addition, Qatar Airways affords dining-on-demand, so yould can order no matter you need from the menu at any time you preferred.
I select the next choice from the dinner:
- Starter: seared peri peri scallops with harissa cream, caviar, samphire, crimson endive and lemon
- Main course: grilled black angus beef fillet with herb jus, truffle dauphinoise potato and seasonal summer time greens
- Dessert: mango ardour fruit mousse, nut crumble and berries
The meals tasted nice and the parts have been beneficiant.
7. ENTERTAINMENT
Qatar Airways’ in-flight leisure system is known as Oryx One. The system affords passengers as much as 4,000 leisure choices from the most recent blockbuster motion pictures, TV field units, music, video games and far more.
The leisure will be chosen by both immediately touching the HD display or with a wired distant controller which has its personal small display. This permits passengers to observe a film or TV present on the principle display whereas maintaining monitor of the flight’s progress on the wired controller. Both the display itself and the hand held distant are extremely responsive.
Qatar Airways’ Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners are additionally geared up with two out of doors cameras — one dealing with ahead and one downward, which is a pleasant contact for aviation geeks.
8. ONBOARD INTERNET
Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777s are geared up with in-flight WiFi. The following WiFi plans have been accessible on this flight:
- One hour of complimentary onboard WiFi for member’s of Qatar Airways’ frequent flyer program, Privilege Club.
- $10 USD for onboard WiFi in the course of the flight
9. OTHER INFLIGHT EXPERIENCES
# CREW: Qatar Airways’ Business Class service ranks among the many greatest within the sky. The worldwide Qatar Airways cabin crew members on this explicit did an ideal job they usually have been all very pleasant and useful. Something I like (and solely expertise with Middle East and Asian carriers) is that they current themselves individually earlier than take-off, and in addition thanks in individual for selecting Qatar Airways earlier than touchdown. It makes you are feeling very particular and welcome.
# LAVATORY: Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777-200LR options 4 bathrooms for the 42 Business Class passengers: two bathrooms are situated behind the cockpit and two bathrooms within the galley between the 2 Business Class cabins. The bathrooms are stocked with dental and shaving kits.
10. MY VERDICT
- Cabin design: 6/10
- Seat consolation (upright): 8/10
- Seat consolation (mattress place): 6/10
- Seat privateness: 0/10
- Food (high quality): 8/10
- Food (amount): 9/10
- Food (presentation): 9/10
- Inflight leisure : 9/10
- WiFi: 9/10
- Service: 10/10
- Overall expertise: good 7.4/10
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