TRIP REPORT
Boarding for Qatar Airways flights begins exactly an hour before departure. As per usual in Doha in the morning, many European flights use bus gates and Belgrade wasn’t an exception. At the bus gates, economy class passengers are boarded first. As I waited, I noticed that around 50% of the passengers were Indian. Interestingly on my flight a few weeks later, I would say a good 40% of passengers were Chinese, although there were a few Indian passengers too.
After waiting around half an hour, business class passengers were invited for boarding and taken to the remote stand by bus.
There were thirteen passengers in business class. The Qatar Airways A330 cabin is pretty good. The seats are comfortable, in 2-2-2 configuration. They also have an extendable divider if you are seated next to someone you don’t know. There was water, two pillows, a blanket, food menu, wine menu and an amenity pack at the seat. These A330s were meant to be retired but Qatar brought them back after they…