Doha Airport

Used the airport 1 week ago as a part of my flight from Singapore to Athens via Doha. A small airport with all the basic facilities you would need for a short transit but if your transit time is long bring along a good book as you might not have much things to do here.

Aircraft parked remotely and everyone has to be bussed to terminal. Long line at security check but reasonably well organised. Terminal itself is rather boring and announcements too loud. Layovers tend to be long (3-5 hours). Food counters only seem to offer fast food. Coffee expensive (9GBP for 2 coffees!). Toilets overrun at certain times

Qatar Airways transit arrangements (MXP-DOH-BKK) were first class very quick (5-10 mins once your bus arrived at the terminal) and hassle free even with kids. Economy terminal is really quite nice perfectly adequate and there is a super play area for kids at gate 16.

I have passed through this airport about 20 times in the past few years I use Economy hence don't get the privilege of accessing the Premium Terminal. Transfer lines just to scan your bag can take up to 45 minutes. The transfer section needs to be thought through given the expansion of Qatar Airways. Staff are either friendly and clueless or just unfriendly. Toilets are disgusting. Very limited food and duty-free options. I'm glad that a new airport is coming up as this airport does not too Qatar Airways' reputation any justice.

Just used Doha airport to and from Cebu. Airport is very clean plenty of comfortable seating and toilets. Did not use any of the eating facilities as stay was not long. Only criticism is the chaos getting through the transfer x-rays 2000+ people desperate to get through for flights which had announced last calls more staff stopping queue jumping would have helped.

Clean small modern airport fantastic for transfers and staff are helpful. Plenty of seating space on the 1st floor but ground floor gates were crowded. Go upstairs and sit. There is a Starbucks on 1st floor at one end and accepts dollars and British pounds and the staff speak English. Change returned will be in Qatari dinars. On the other end of the floor is a restaurant but I did not use it. As someone commented below the toilets aren't as clean as the airport. But I found some clean toilets near the Starbucks hidden away - just ask the Starbucks staff for the nearest toilets. I prefer Doha Airport over Dubai because of ample space and peace and quiet and easy transfers.

Very clean airport fairly limited shops but adequate for short transfer stops. Plenty of seating. Departures can be a bit chaotic. Staff very helpful.

Since Feb 2006 I travel very often between Berlin to Karachi/Islamabad (TXL to KHI/ISB) and I find this airport very different from 2005 it has improved surprisingly. As I am privilege club member I am guest in Gold lounge which is very comfortable place to be. If I have more than half an hour between flights it is usual that I take a shower some food and tea before my next flight. This airport has all wonderful except its security screening machines where queues are very long and in summer it can be very huge.

Stopped on transit to Abu Dhabi. Small but well laid out airport with plenty of seats. Bus transfers are a pain but unavoidable at the moment. No problem with the gents toilets on my visit but my wife said the floors were wet in the ladies toilets. Overall good experience.

For our morning arrival the airport was not at all crowded. For a mother of three most important of all it held a really nice play area. The area included a climbing and sliding area which is really helpful when working off all that stored energy from a long-haul flight. Better than expected.