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- Press release: "Qatar Airways is set to receive three A380 aircraft in quick succession this summer and the new aircraft will commence operations on the QR003 and QR004 London-Heathrow route."
- GDS show the first day of commercial service to be
17JUN1410OCT14 * Confirmed by QR for DOH-LHR * - Seat map in post 31 at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/22775349-post31.html
- Cabin and seat photos at http://www.ausbt.com.au/photos-qatar...business-class
- Video of the experience at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak2GBcAvt7U&authuser=0
- Another inflight video of business class on the 380 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSiW...ature=youtu.be
- expertflyer shows QR A388 services commencing 05JAN15 DOH-BKK (QR836) and BKK-DOH (QR833) - Phil the Flyer
Start of QR A380 services
May 19, 2014, 6:37 am
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To say I am hugely excited is an understatement. Look what just appeared in our booking made back in February
Flight 2 Thursday, July 10, 2014
Departure: 08:10 Doha, Qatar - Doha International, terminal 1
Arrival: 14:10 Paris, France - Charles De Gaulle, terminal 1
Airline: Qatar Airways QR039
Duration: 7:00
Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A380-800
I share your excitment. I've got two forthcoming QR003 A388 reservations: one next month in F and one in July in J.
May 19, 2014, 6:41 am
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That's a fair comment - however I was sufficiently motivated to try out QR's A388 F cabin that I switched a QR009 (A346) reservation to QR003 (A388), departing six hours later.
May 19, 2014, 6:48 am
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To say I am hugely excited is an understatement. Look what just appeared in our booking made back in February
Flight 2 Thursday, July 10, 2014
confirmed
Departure: 08:10 Doha, Qatar - Doha International, terminal 1
Arrival: 14:10 Paris, France - Charles De Gaulle, terminal 1
Airline: Qatar Airways QR039
Duration: 7:00
Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A380-800
Last check in: information not available
Fare type: Business
Flight 2 Thursday, July 10, 2014
confirmed
Departure: 08:10 Doha, Qatar - Doha International, terminal 1
Arrival: 14:10 Paris, France - Charles De Gaulle, terminal 1
Airline: Qatar Airways QR039
Duration: 7:00
Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A380-800
Last check in: information not available
Fare type: Business
May 20, 2014, 12:10 am
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May 20, 2014, 12:30 am
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I don't know about airport upgrades, but for a DOH-LHR QR flight in late June I had a business class booking on an early morning A346. I was easily able to change it on-line, without penalty, to a first class booking on the A388 (QR003) by simply paying the fare difference.
Jun 11, 2014, 4:26 am
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Jun 11, 2014, 5:22 am
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If true, it's going to cause some weeping, wailing and wrist slitting amonst friends on this board.
Those that can shuffle dates, better start thinking about it.
Jun 11, 2014, 8:48 am
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I'm flying LHR-DOH on 11 July on the A380 - economy only I've been allocated a seat on the upper deck (28J) buy as someone on this thread has stated, seat 68D appears to have extra legroom.
Not sure whether to go for 68D or enjoy the nicer layout upstairs... thoughts?
Not sure whether to go for 68D or enjoy the nicer layout upstairs... thoughts?
Jun 11, 2014, 8:55 pm
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Is 68D the crew rest exit seat? If so, its not just a bit of extra legroom. There is no seat in front of you.
Jun 14, 2014, 12:22 am
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Hi QatarA340,
Not sure if you have any insight into this but do you (or anyone) know when QR will sort out their CDG-DOH schedules so that QR40 reappears? We are travelling on 3 August and for an infinitely better connection want to book onto QR40 instead of our current QR42 but to no avail. QR40 appears in the GDS (operated by the A388) as closed but surely they must be getting an idea when and if their services will start. We are still confirmed DOH-CDG on 10 July on the A380 but don't have any expectations that this will eventuate but I would have thought that another 3 weeks later it should be looking good. The annoying thing is that QR39 appears as the outbound on 3 Aug
Not sure if you have any insight into this but do you (or anyone) know when QR will sort out their CDG-DOH schedules so that QR40 reappears? We are travelling on 3 August and for an infinitely better connection want to book onto QR40 instead of our current QR42 but to no avail. QR40 appears in the GDS (operated by the A388) as closed but surely they must be getting an idea when and if their services will start. We are still confirmed DOH-CDG on 10 July on the A380 but don't have any expectations that this will eventuate but I would have thought that another 3 weeks later it should be looking good. The annoying thing is that QR39 appears as the outbound on 3 Aug
Jun 16, 2014, 2:02 am
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Bad News - A380 delayed until August
It looks like the A380 is delayed yet again:
http://airlineroute.net/2014/06/16/qr-380-aug14/
Doha – London Heathrow: 1 August (at the earliest)
Doha – Paris CDG: 15 August (at the earliest)
http://airlineroute.net/2014/06/16/qr-380-aug14/
Doha – London Heathrow: 1 August (at the earliest)
Doha – Paris CDG: 15 August (at the earliest)
Jun 16, 2014, 2:26 am
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It looks like the A380 is delayed yet again:
http://airlineroute.net/2014/06/16/qr-380-aug14/
Doha – London Heathrow: 1 August (at the earliest)
Doha – Paris CDG: 15 August (at the earliest)
I have two QR003 DOH-LHR reservations - 26 June (in F) and 23 July (in J) - both particularly selected to sample QR's A388. Now both flights have been replaced with A346s
.Still, I guess I can't complain too much. I'm buying [ex-CAI] CAI-DOH-LHR-DOH-CAI J returns at GBP950
. The [ex-DOH] DOH-LHR-DOH J return (identical flights) is currently showing at GBP4100! 