Originally Posted by
Pilot37
In the past I think it has been done for crew reasons. By operating via Doha (with an overnight stop-over), the flight has been able to be operated by a crew of 2 or 3 vs 4 if it came back direct from TPE. If they pick up cargo in DOH as well - even better!
Pilot37
BA crew FOUR on a TPE-LHR sector?