Originally Posted by
littlevoices
Just wait until you get the bus gates in DOH in both directions... Qatar knows exactly how premium the HKG route is at the moment for their schedule. Perhaps there are good reasons for it, i.e. the 77Ws still get maintained in HKG; They had to increase HKG to twice daily when it wasn't originally planned due to the late exit from COVID; They park them far away in DOH to better manage the first class bus transfers... It isn't like there is much competition at the moment sadly - getting a Cathay lie flat bed out of HKG is probably the default expectation for most people, at least the meal and in-flight service are better on QR (hopefully just for the moment).
There is another reason why QR818/817 usually park far away in DOH (ie the end of the runways), I realised this after the satelite map updated at the beginning of this month.
All remote stands starting with Ds and Es have been demolished for airport extension phase 2, roughly guessing from mid January 2023
When QR817/815 park at a stand at the north end of the runway, there is a higher chance that transit passengers are being dropped off at gates C30-C43 and no need to do transit security.