Qatar Airways launched its new QSuite Business Class product in early 2017 and the airline’s CEO, His Excellency Akbar Al Baker, promised it would revolutionise travel across the globe. It certainly has and what an amazing product it has turned out to be and it continues to set benchmarks for the aviation industry five years on, as James Wilkinson discovers.
There was a lot of hype, as you’d expect, when Qatar Airways first launched the all-new QSuite Business Class five years ago and has certainly been a case of ‘believe the hype’ because the product hasn’t only set benchmarks for the carrier you find the seats on, but what many other airlines have since done.
In fact, since the launch, Qatar Airways was won almost every gong available for the QSuite seat and the new cabin offering, including World’s Best Business Class, World’s Best Business Class Airline Seat and World’s Best Business Class Onboard Catering, …