Qatar Airways

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Manchester Address: Qatar Airways Ltd, 3rd Floor, Victoria Buildings, Albert Square, 1-7 Princess Street, Manchester, M2 4DF, United Kingdom.

The office timings are 9:00 am to 5:30 pm from Monday to Friday. On Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, the timing is 10 am to 4 pm.

Hubs: Doha International Airport serves as the hub of Qatar Airways.

Major Routes: Booking tickets with Qatar Airways gives you the choice to fly to as many as 85 global destinations. Growing at a meteoric pace, Qatar plans to add more destinations pretty soon. For 2010, the airline has Brazil and Argentina in the pipeline, besides five other destinations.

Frequent Flyer Programme: The frequent flyer loyalty programme of Qatar Airways is known as Privilege Club offering three levels of membership, namely gold, silver, and burgundy. Members get to earn Qmiles that are redeemable on Qatar Airways and its member airlines. There is a whole world of benefits for members like mileage bonus, priority check in, redemption benefits, infant award tickets, and nomination facilities. Check out the website for an in-depth understanding of the numerous offers.

Cabin Classes: Qatar Airways, one of the few 5 star airlines in the world, is like a cocoon of comfort offering indefinable luxury aboard its three classes, namely first, business, and economy.

Alliances and codeshare partnerships: Presently, Qatar is not part of any global alliance, but there is a likelihood of its joining the Star Alliance.

Qatar’s codeshare partnerships with some of the most renowned carriers give its customers access to a broad spectrum of global destinations. The codeshare partners are as follows:

• All Nippon Airways
• Asiana Airlines
• BMI
• Garuda Indonesia
• Lufthansa
• Malaysia Airlines
• MEA
• Philippine Airlines
• United Airlines
• US Airways

Lounges: The renovation of the business class lounge at the Doha International Airport has enormously increased its spaciousness and accommodation capacity by an astounding 80%. Overall, Qatar operates three lounges at the airport. These are Gold lounge, Silver lounge, and Oryx lounge. The Gold lounge is meant for Privilege Club Gold members, while the Silver lounge caters to Privilege Club Silver members. The Oryx lounge is open to Business and First class passengers. 

In-flight Service and Entertainment: Qatar ensures optimal customer satisfaction with its Oryx Entertainment System. There is an overwhelming range of top quality audio and video options for passengers to choose from in its wide body fleet. Qatar is also rolling out the OnAir service aboard its narrow body A-320 carrier to enable the usage of mobile phones and laptops. Similarly, the food and booze put many hotels to shame.

Online check-in: Many of the airports have online check in facility that promises a hassle free boarding experience. On line check-in needs to be done between 36 hours to 90 minutes before flight take off. However, the time frame is 24 hours to 90 minutes for travel to and from the US. Passengers must consult the airline or check out the website to find out the airports that offer this facility.

The airports in Berlin, Doha, Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Kuala Lumpur, Manchester, Munich, Paris and Stockholm also permit the usage of mobile boarding passes.

Baggage Policy: For hand baggage, first, business, and economy passengers are entitled to a total baggage weight of 15 kg, 15 kg, and 7 kg respectively. While first and business class passengers can carry two pieces of baggage, economy class customers have to make do with one item each. However, passengers are advised to verify the details with the website as policy is subject to change and differs from destination to destination.

Fleet Information: Qatar operates a fleet of 80 aircrafts reputed to be among the youngest and the most advanced aircrafts in the world. By 2013, the company plans to increase the size to 113. Presently, the following aircrafts make up Qatar’s fleet:

• Bombardier Challenger 300 (1 aircraft)
• Airbus A340-600 (4 aircrafts)
• Airbus A300-600 Cargo Freighters (3 aircrafts)
• Airbus A330-200 (16 aircrafts)
• Airbus A321-200 (9 aircrafts)
• Boeing 777-300ER (10 aircrafts)
• Airbus A320-200 (14 aircrafts)
• Bombardier Challenger 605 (2 aircrafts)
• Boeing 777-200LR (6 aircrafts)
• Airbus Long Range A319LR (2 aircrafts)
• Airbus A330-300 (13 aircrafts)

Awards and Accolades: Qatar Airways has earned numerous awards for its outstanding services. Some of the most outstanding ones are:

• Best Airline Economy Class
• Best Middle East Airline
• Aviation Business Award for Inflight Services of the Year
• Middle East’s Leading Business Class Airline