February 2
Qatar Airways Flight #645 Manila-Doha, Boeing 777-300ER, 9 hours
Qatar also flies out of New York, Houston & Washington
Like I said to myself when I got off the plane, I can’t speak for the world, but Qatar is my 5 star airline. Easily one of the top 2 airlines I have flown. Seat, food, entertainment, service…it was all there. Within the first fifteen minutes of taking my seat, 3 flight attendants addressed me by name and introduced themselves. One presented me with a menu in a bound leather folder.
cover of menu
Panjamas, amenity kits and noise cancelling headphones were each deliverd to my seat. Then I was given (well maybe they offered and I obliged) a human size glass of champagne. Just before pushback, breakfast orders were taken and I was served a hot towel on its own individual serving tray.
Laurent-Perrier
amenity kit
pajamas
nice tray table
How many times have you been on a flight and the flight attendants disappear shortly after meal service? Not on Qatar. In fact, the longest time period I counted without a flight attendant checking on all of 5 passengers was about 3 minutes. A few FA’s engaged me in genuine converstaion. Ready for this? I think they were making an effort to get to know their customers.
cocktails & nuts
What about eating an entire airline meal you knew wasn’t very good, but you were so hungry you ate it anyway? The food on my Qatar flight was fresh, delicious and served on actaul dishes. It appeared that as much effort was put into presentation as preperation.
breakfast setting
fruit with honey yogurt
eggs & chicken medallion
pre-arrival meal beef pastrami
cheese plate
Ever fallen asleep and woke up with your legs on the floor? Neraly impossible as Qatar’s 777-300ER features fully flat business class seats that provide a good amount of privacy.
777-300ER business class seats
sleep mode
business class cabin
Ever watched every bearable (in your eyes) movie & show available and still yearned for something else? See title. I think every James Bond movie made was available, made that much better by true noise cancelling headphones. Lots of breadth and depth on this entertainment system.
personal television
movie menu
entertainment control
Towards the end of the flight, passengers were given comment cards to fill out. There were no jet ways upon arrival in Doha, but business class passengers have a separate stair well to make their way off the plane. At the end of the stairwell a bus took all of the business class passengers to the Premium Terminal. Many thanks to the great crew of QR#645 for a true 5 Star experience (and making it look effortless in the process)
The seat on the 773 is fully flat, right? The picture above makes it look like there’s still a slight angle.
Yes, definitely fully flat. I take the seat review sites into account, but find the real verdict comes when one tries to lie “flat”
Thanks Rory!
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