Qatar Airways

I was moved from the lower to the upper deck on the Qatar Airways A380, at my request. Very nice option as the economy cabin on the upper deck is much smaller, therefore feels more private, less crowded, and going to the lavatory becomes easier. 25K in the first row, window seat. This seat is great if you have a red eye flight, as feels more spacious, there is no seat in front of you, and so on. It feels less spacious, though, than the lower deck as the bulkhead is lower. But the good thing is that you have a small compartment between the seat and the window, and the distribution is 2x4x2. Seat was comfortable, easy to sleep there, and nice amenities were provided for this night flight.

Boeing 787, avoid flying on the Boeing 787 in economy. The seat width is terrible, the leg room is inadequate due to IFE boxes and once the seat in front is reclined you can't move in your seat. The IFE is class leading and they have a modern fleet but apart from these two points I feel that Qatar is living on a previous reputation.

✅ Verified Review | Flew from BAH-DOH-MAN Very good flight overall. Seats were the perfect width with ample leg room, however the padding in the seat could be improved. Food was, for once, nice and the flight attendants were lovely. Selection of movies was great and TV Shows were good; I did find that the power supply was confusing as I could not plug in my laptop charger, however could plug in my phone charger with both being 3 pin-plugs, even the flight attendant could not manage. Flight from Bahrain was refreshing, however to much to comment on when it is only 25 minutes. Stopover in Doha was lovely, the staff there are very helpful and friendly, and the airport is modern and easy to navigate.

All is good except for one problem I have with Qatar Airways new A380 seats: I find that when the seat is in the upright position, which I mostly prefer even when sleeping/dozing, whatever position the new sliding head rest is in, it pushes my head just slightly forward of its natural upright 'fulcrum' position. This means that when I relax completely my head wants to flop forward with my chin on my chest. This is not good on a long haul flight. Luckily I am not too tall (5'7.5") so if I push the headrest up completely and I slump slightly it almost clears the back of my head. This is comfortable and I can relax completely.

Flew MEL to EDI via DOH with my 4 year old daughter, both the Boeing 777-300ER and Boeing 787 are fine aircraft, the Boeing 777 seat feels slightly more spacious due to not having any boxes near your feet but otherwise the seats seems the same size and comfortable enough. Both IFE were consistent and excellent, they could potentially have done with slightly more content for children. My only negative would be that they serve the same child meals on each flight with no other options offered. Cabin crew were excellent, friendly and speedy with service, a must to ensure no spillages or accidents with kids and food trays. For an economy flight, service and value for money I don't believe there is a better airline to travel with.

FRA-DOH in Qatar Airways new A350. So far the best Economy seat I ever had with generous leg room and seat width. The whole cabin is spacious and extremely quiet. I also didn't spot any entertainment boxes which cut off leg room under any seat in the cabin. The seat tracks align with all seats so wherever you're seated you can stretch your legs forward. Pretty good IFE too.

I chose Qatar because according to their homepage at the time of booking they have a 3x3x3 layout in their 777-300 - which was true for the flight DOH-PER, but on the way back it was a new 3x4x3 configuration. While the old seats were quite spacious, the new configuration feels cramped. Very small entertainment boxes under some seats which aren't disturbing, but because of the extra seat in each row some seats don't align with the seat tracks and you can't stretch out your legs straight on all A, D, E, F, G and K seats. I had a C seat on both flights. Pretty comfortable on the 3x3x3 configuration, but not with the narrower isle on the 3x4x3 configuration, every person or trolley that passed ran into my shoulder and/or elbow.

The seat was pretty good for the A330 and the A321. The only thing with the A321 was that there wasn't much leg room. The A330 from Manchester was really good, the seat width was great and the aisle space wide enough to get past and also to stretch my leg. TV screen view was good because I was able to see what I was watching.

I travel an average of 6 times a year ever year and this was my best airline experience. Not only because of a great experience overall but because amid an unfortunate circumstance we could rely on efficient, honest and reliable people. My mother and I were traveling from Singapore to Paris for both leisure and Business. The trip felt short, and very smooth with a great choice of free movies. We had a very short and pleasant stopover in Doha where unfortunately my mum forgot her wallet (containing a very large sum of cash for the trip, all her credit cards, ID, drivers license, etc) on a seat in the boarding room of Hamad international airport! Luckily we were the last people to board the flight as we were sitting at the very end of the room- and thank goodness the Qatar staff are honest people with beautiful hearts and a great work ethic! I could not thank you all enough for all your help from efficiently locating the pouch to breezily contacting us to let us know and track down its every move all the way from Doha to Paris! Such brilliant people who effectively did their job and returned to us the wallet absolutely intact! Nothing was missing, and it this day and age this is very rare.

Cabin layout in Qatar Airways A380 looks very trendy with nice lighting system, enough space between the aisles. 3x4x3 is goods for the A380, but the same layout in 777 feels very tight. Legroom in economy class is very spacious. I advise to take window seat at the front of the aircraft.