Hamad Int'l Airport (NDIA) to open completely on May 27, 2014
Sep 11, 2013, 10:12 pm
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Sooo, no new airport when QR joins OW alliance by 30 Oct?
Where are all the OW elite partners' members gonna go when travelling Y class? Both the Silver and Gold card lounges aren't very big as they are and they're already packed to the rafters with existing PC members.
Where are all the OW elite partners' members gonna go when travelling Y class? Both the Silver and Gold card lounges aren't very big as they are and they're already packed to the rafters with existing PC members.
Sep 11, 2013, 11:24 pm
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There are quite a few people like this and one wonders where they might go.
Sep 11, 2013, 11:41 pm
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But those are people already in first on business class. The issue is all the OW Emerald and Sapphire members who will be entitled to lounge access even when they're in Y class. They wouldn't have been getting lounge access up until now unless they paid for a day pass or have some credit card related access.
There are quite a few people like this and one wonders where they might go.
There are quite a few people like this and one wonders where they might go.
Question will be what happens to the Premium Terminal.
Sep 12, 2013, 1:20 am
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But those are people already in first on business class. The issue is all the OW Emerald and Sapphire members who will be entitled to lounge access even when they're in Y class. They wouldn't have been getting lounge access up until now unless they paid for a day pass or have some credit card related access.
There are quite a few people like this and one wonders where they might go.
There are quite a few people like this and one wonders where they might go.
I think it is confirmed that the PT is not in plans for the new airport and QR better not provide PT to OW members without providing it to its own PC PLT/gold memebers.
Sep 12, 2013, 2:12 am
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Sep 12, 2013, 4:44 am
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After Oct. 30th, perhaps. But how are they qualifying for that now? Usually such benefits are only given when the airport has a OW airline branded lounge. Contract lounges, such as Oryx, usually don't count. Or is QR already giving these lounge benefits ahead of time?
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Sep 12, 2013, 4:48 am
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Don't know if this would be a significant issue since there are only about 3 current OW airlines which fly into DOH and I beleive it is only one flight daily. If it does then Orxy should stop allowing people to access the lounge with $40. Not sure why they still do as there is another lounge that used to be the gold lounge but is now used for transfer passangers with 'issues'. At least this is what I was told when I tried to access the lounge with my gold PC and was turned away.
I think it is confirmed that the PT is not in plans for the new airport and QR better not provide PT to OW members without providing it to its own PC PLT/gold memebers.
I think it is confirmed that the PT is not in plans for the new airport and QR better not provide PT to OW members without providing it to its own PC PLT/gold memebers.
Sep 12, 2013, 5:05 am
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After Oct. 30th, perhaps. But how are they qualifying for that now? Usually such benefits are only given when the airport has a OW airline branded lounge. Contract lounges, such as Oryx, usually don't count. Or is QR already giving these lounge benefits ahead of time?
Sep 12, 2013, 10:14 am
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The only two OW members that fly to DOH currently have contracts in place for that lounge though, so any of their frequent flyers can enter irrespective of class flown. The only time it would catch them out is if an AA member (for example) was flying BA Economy out of DOH, they couldn't access the lounge.
For example, at DFW BA contracts it's lounge so they do not grant access to the scores of AA elites if they are not flying BA.
Sep 17, 2013, 10:02 pm
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LDI files 245m claim against New Doha International Airport
Sep 18, 2013, 7:15 am
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http://www.arabianbusiness.com/new-d...rt-516780.html
However, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker announced in a press conference in China on Wednesday that Hamad International Airport would now begin operating early next year, according to the Peninsula newspaper.
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However, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker announced in a press conference in China on Wednesday that Hamad International Airport would now begin operating early next year, according to the Peninsula newspaper.
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Sep 19, 2013, 11:30 am
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http://www.arabianbusiness.com/new-d...rt-516780.html
However, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker announced in a press conference in China on Wednesday that Hamad International Airport would now begin operating early next year, according to the Peninsula newspaper.
delayed again
However, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker announced in a press conference in China on Wednesday that Hamad International Airport would now begin operating early next year, according to the Peninsula newspaper.
delayed again
Sep 22, 2013, 2:06 am
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I read somewhere that the opening of the new airport will coincide with the arrival of the A380 in the fleet.
Is QR the only major airline that is part of an alliance whose hub has no air bridges?
Is QR the only major airline that is part of an alliance whose hub has no air bridges?
Sep 22, 2013, 3:43 pm
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...and the traffic trough DOH is predicted (by the airport/QR) to exceed 26 mill during 2014..even without the 380's as i understand. So without phase 3 we are in for a subcapasity experience... Masterminds.