BRUTALLY HONEST | Qatar Airways ECONOMY from Vienna to Bangkok on the A330-300 and Boeing 777-300ER!

Qatar Airways is widely known as one of the world's best airlines, but with those A330s and their seats, inflight entertainment and the chaotic Hamad Airport, the experience certainly doesn't feel like the world's best.

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*FLIGHT INFORMATION*
Airline: Qatar Airways
Aircraft: Airbus A330-300 / Boeing 777-300ER
Registration: A7-AEO / A7-BAI
Flight Time: 4h 50min / 6h 30min
Seat: 35A / 33K
From: Vienna Schwechat
Via: Doha Hamad
To: Bangkok Suvarnabhumi
Date: July 2022

*EQUIPMENT INFORMATION*
Cameras used: Canon R6 (Canon 15-35mm F2.6 and Canon 35mm F2.0), Canon G7X Mark III, GoPro Hero 8 Black, DJI Osmo Pocket
Additional equipment used: GoPro Suction Cup, Rode VideoMic Pro+, Blue Yeti Podcast Microphone

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Total Price: EUR 571.56
Total Routing: VIE-DOH-BKK
Booked through: Qatar Airways Website
Cost includes: Economy Class Ticket including 25kg of checked luggage and free seat reservations
Booking made: May 2022

*VIDEO BREAKDOWN*
00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - Intro
01:46 - Why the A330s are still here
03:19 - Vienna Airport
04:22 - A330 Cabin and Seat
07:25 - Taxi and Take Off
08:13 - Dinner Service
09:21 - Amenities and IFE
09:47 - Pre-Landing Snack Service
09:57 - My odd flight attendant encounter
11:29 - Approach and Landing
12:20 - Transiting at Doha Hamad Airport
15:42 - B777 Cabin and Seat
17:30 - Taxi and Take Off
18:54 - Lunch Service
19:50 - Pre-Landing Snack Service
20:20 - WiFi and IFE
20:36 - Conclusion and Reasoning

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This video does not contain product placements. The airline was neither involved nor informed about the production of this Tripreport. The ticket fare was paid by ourselves.

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Created: September 2022

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[alighozi]

I flew QR many times, back then in 2010-2015. I remember their B777 was configured 3-3-3 in Y Class, even equipped with footrest. Before serving meals, cabin crew laid a sheet of some kind of paper tablecloth, something that i've never met again nowadays. Recently, i prefer japanese airlines JAL or ANA for my flight to US or back to Indonesia via Tokyo. ANA with their 34" seat pitch in Economy is superb, their meal service can never go wrong with asian, and also very generous. Their cabin crew are also above and beyond....

[livinginhell]

I agree with you 100%. I was on 6 Qatar flights so far this year. Every time I booked ( and paid more) for a QSuite flight and EVERY single time was "downgraded" to their old inferior 2-2-2 config business product, which is so outdated, that you have to drink the entire flight to forget abot it. I have been on United flights 15 years ago, that seem now modern compared to Qatar's antiquated business product. I'll fly once more with them next week to ORD and back, but only because I need to be in Chicago at a certain time. Other than that Im done with their constant "due to operational reasons" changes. Yes, they give you the option to reebook your flight for free, but how does that help you if you have to be somewhere right the date you booked your flight? Let alone the hours ( and nerves) you have to invest, if you are calling their customer service center... because their chat is another really weak point...

[nickhathcock]

Simply aviation continues to amaze me with the quality content of their vids! Felix u have been amazing with amount of vids lately! all of u guys! David, Felix, Simon, etc! great job guys and can't wait to see what the future holds! one thing Simply aviation, is it possible in the opening to tell which runway u will depart from and the arrival runway at that airport? thx guys u are amazing as always!!!

[Blackhole]

My son had a misconnect in Doha and was trapped in that blocked off area for SIX hours with no food or water. How is that legal? They were just going to send him to a cheap hotel and rebook him on the next day’s flight. I’m a retired airline employee (not Q) and was texting him possible flights that could get home sooner. The agent didn’t even try to do his job. All four flight segments were switched to middle seats right before boarding. I could go on… Q was the most miserable flying experience of his life. This just happened and I wanted to do a little research to see what their reputation is. Thank you for posting this video.

[flywithdominik]

Wow their A330 cabin interior is seriously a shame.
I just love the new brutally honest intro by the way!🙌
And also thanks for mentioning me as a "trustworthy source".😇✈️

[bearchan]

Fly with them to DXB last March. To DXB via DOH with 787 and 350. Simply magic. Come back with 330 and it all went down. Luckily I am too tired and just want to sleep.

[Andrew-Wong]

I am super excited, because I saw my aviation youtubers in your video 00:40 ! Fantastic to grow your youtube channel!! 👏😀🙌

[FighterofGD]

I completely agree with you when it comes to Doha Airport. When you're there the first time and don't know a lot of different airports, then it might be good. But when you travel more frequently, you realize pretty fast how annoying the airport basically is. Getting constantly sent from one side of the airport to the other side, and you at least had a jet bridge to board. On my route, currently it's almost 100% bus boarding

[phillipmaguire]

Wow... very impressed with your review David. Hamad International Airport is not up to standard, and has changed my mind about flying Qatar as well. Imagine not having any bathrooms in what looks like a holding pen before the flight. No, I will not fly them after seeing this review, even though their meals are good, there are simply too many letdowns in other areas.

[maureenferrer]

5:23 dont think that thats alot yet.(as u may know) 5J's A339 has 459 seats

[AceOfHearts]

Its crazy, when Qatar Airways introduced the new Qsuine, they took out the crackers, cheese, butter, godiva chocolate and if I am not mistaken, they also used to give another item, like a homous type thing or a diced salad etc thats also missing... i think its to bring costs down... when i asked what happened, they had a stock of goodies they brought out for me. They probably had that for a while if people ask about it, probably now, they don't even carry it.

When Qatar did this, my appreciation for their economy product deteriorated significantly.... it felt like its a tiny step towards becoming a low cost airline.

[jey]

I just flew into/out of Hamad and I agree. Even the business class lounge was overcrowded, 1/2hr wait for the showers and lines to get a table in the restaurant

[robm]

Remember if you feed them well, they will walk away happy most of the time. Qatar seems to know how to accomplish that. Hamad airport is scary to me with the crowdedness and chaos.

[kerogunso]

Oh you're lucky that they still even give you a boarding bridge. My experience at Hamad international they always gave me the gate with bus taking you to the plane! It was always a horrible boarding experience.

[kevin]

16:30, Including me that I don't like the 3-4-3 configuration on the Boeing 777-300ER because it's too many passengers in the plane. I prefer the normal and standard 3-3-3 configuration because it's comfortable.

[phillip]

Having flown four legs with Qatar earlier this year I found that of the four main meals I was served only one was edible, IMO. I was vey disappointed. Also, the transit lounge I was directed to was so uncomfortable and crowded. It had a poor selection of food outlets and shops.

[themomentchannel]

This almost convinces me that Skytrax was bribed both by Qatar airways and Hamad airport to have them both given the number 1 spot for best airline and best airport.

[grandmasterjo]

Beautifully Blunt 👌👌👌
Was shocked on the overcrowded transit lounge with the World Cup coming up.

[jetcrazy]

excellent review. Thanks for sharing us - Greetings from Vienna.

[narinthip]

Nice report and I hear your about the award; world best airport. Anyhow, the meals still look fantastic and are very consistent to your other footage or other review I have watched. Anyhow, out of curiosity, why didn't you pick the very front seat with extra leg room since you have priority status (not sure which level). Would be nice to hear if you didn't choose on purpose and why. Look forward for your very nice footage and very honest review. Cheers.