Qatar Airways

[aviatorconcorde]

It is more holiday season now so business travel will be less.
Overall does anyone know how the business class cabin loads have been holding up?

Was maybe 3 or 4 empty seats on my trip. But of course that’s only 1 flight.

 

[aviatorconcorde]

It is more holiday season now so business travel will be less.
Overall does anyone know how the business class cabin loads have been holding up?

Was maybe 3 or 4 empty seats on my trip. But of course that’s only 1 flight.

 

[Jerry]

A7-BCR has arrived now it was around 90 minutes late in the end.

 

[Jerry]

A7-BCO is down as tomorrows aircraft and apparently all CWL needs is for A&-BCV to visit and Cardiff will have had all the Qatar Airways 787 8s visit the airport.

 

[Tinkerman]

A rather fully loaded B787 left CWL for DOH today ...

 

[TOM100]

With people or cargo (or both)

 

[Tinkerman]

Both - Loads on the up.

 

[Jerry]

Good news!

 

[TOM100]

I was at the airport on Friday dropping some family off and went into the check-in area (which looked a tad small for purpose at the time - it was chocka) and was surprised by the number of Arabic and South Asian pax checking in for QR (and the amount of bags !) - good to see traffic originating both ends......

 

[Foxlimayankee]

I remember watching a TV program about people from the Middle East coming to the UK during the summer months where it's much cooler than out there. It was more focused on London, but I wonder with the promotion of Wales if it's becoming a new type of attractive destination to escape the heat.

 

[TOM100]

Yeah that’s true. University term starts next month and Cardiff has huge international student population esp from China and Malaysia so this should also help the route (and Bristol uni as long as the awareness of CWL is there).

 

[aviatorconcorde]

I remember watching a TV program about people from the Middle East coming to the UK during the summer months where it's much cooler than out there. It was more focused on London, but I wonder with the promotion of Wales if it's becoming a new type of attractive destination to escape the heat.

London hasn’t exactly been cold this summer haha.....

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Yeah that’s true. University term starts next month and Cardiff has huge international student population esp from China and Malaysia so this should also help the route (and Bristol uni as long as the awareness of CWL is there).

Not at present with Bristol University. Their website only mentions Bristol Airport and Heathrow Airport for air connectivity, with details of access to/from those airports. Mind you, their How To Get Here page could do with updating because they show Checker Cars as the accredited BRS taxi service. It's been Arrow for a long while.

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/maps/directions/

The Bristol region is firmly wedded to Heathrow when it comes to long haul scheduled flights and probably only fare price will be a real lure for some if Qatar at CWL can offer competitive fares - the Qatar CEO was on the right lines when he said that Bristol area people have other ME options as one of the reasons his airline discounted BRS and he mentioned BHX but LHR is the real magnet.

It must be said though that overseas students or overseas anybody travelling to the West Country won't be so fixated on LHR, but Qatar and CWL really need to get the message out in those countries from where the majority of such travellers emanate.

 

[Tinkerman]

Loads also looking really good for the week ahead.

 

[Jerry]

I think Mr Calder has a thing for the Cardiff-Doha route as he mentions it twice in this article which is about the 787 not living up to expectations. Still a good bit of advertisement for the route!
https://www.independent.co.uk/trave...g-thin-routes-737-757-a321-a320-a8486896.html

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I think Mr Calder has a thing for the Cardiff-Doha route as he mentions it twice in this article which is about the 787 not living up to expectations. Still a good bit of advertisement for the route!
https://www.independent.co.uk/trave...g-thin-routes-737-757-a321-a320-a8486896.html

Strange sort of article. I almost got the impression he had to write about something but didn't really know what.

 

[superking]

Must be the worlds most expensive private jet for sale.Qatari have their presidential jet for sale.Its a B747 8L. Perhaps Donald trump will buy it as talk of airforce 1 being replaced. No doubt this aircraft will have many extras installed.

 

[Jerry]

Must be the worlds most expensive private jet for sale.Qatari have their presidential jet for sale.Its a B747 8L. Perhaps Donald trump will buy it as talk of airforce 1 being replaced. No doubt this aircraft will have many extras installed.

Airforce1 will be replaced by specially built 747 8s. Through maybe he'll buy it for his own use! It'll be a bit of a downgrade to go from 747s to 757

 

[superking]

Im wondering what is special about this 747 8 as there must be something as they carry rulers of the country.My point was its a very much later airframe and it must have a lot of things that airforce 1 has and more than likely much more gear.

 

[Jerry]

Im wondering what is special about this 747 8 as there must be something as they carry rulers of the country.My point was its a very much later airframe and it must have a lot of things that airforce 1 has and more than likely much more gear.

Large interior, easy to acquire parts and it's American. Air Force One itself is a mobile command centre as well.