A brief review of Qatar Airways & Doha Airport for those who have never flown with them before

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2 min readSep 29, 2024

I have mainly used American and European Airlines. Recently, I had to use Qatar Airways because it was the cheapest and quickest flight to my destination. It wasn't apparent to choose between Emirates and Qatar Airlines. Some people vehemently pick one over the other. One quote was “Qatar Airways is cheap”.

But let’s see what I found:

Pros

  • It was the first time I saw the cabin crew regularly clean the toilets. Every other airline I have traveled can learn from them.
  • The crew is efficient.
  • The planes are newer.
  • Doha airport is excellent. The toilets are cleaned after every use and have bidets, but they can get crowded. Everyone appreciated this.
  • Doha airport staff is very friendly and efficient. Everything is constantly cleaned, and they seem to strive for perfection. I saw a guy speaking the word “pee” in several different Indian languages while telling people that they don’t need to wait to pee but to queue up to use the stalls.

Cons

  • Some planes are tiny and need adequate toilets for the number of passengers.
  • Some boarding gates at Doha need access to…

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