Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways is the national carrier of Qatar and one of the most consistently celebrated airlines in the world — the only airline to have won the Skytrax World's Best Airline award seven times (2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022). Operating from its base at Hamad International Airport in Doha — which has itself been named the world's best airport multiple times — Qatar Airways connects 170+ destinations across all six inhabited continents from its perfectly positioned hub at the geographic heart of the Old World. In 2024-25, Qatar Airways delivered record financial results: net profit of USD 2.15 billion (up 26% year-on-year), revenue of USD 23.4 billion (up 6%), and 43.1 million passengers carried (up 7.8%).

The airline operates one of the world's most modern and diverse fleets — comprising Boeing 777, 777X on order, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Airbus A350, and Airbus A380 aircraft — and has positioned its aircraft purely as the vehicles for its product, with the cabin experience being the central competitive focus. Qatar Airways' QSuites Business Class — featuring fully enclosed private suites with closing doors on Boeing 777 and Airbus A380, the ability for double beds when adjacent suites are combined, and the world's only quadruple seating configuration — has been consistently rated the world's best business class product. Qatar Airways is a founding member of the oneworld alliance and has taken strategic equity stakes in British Airways parent IAG, Cathay Pacific, RwandAir, and LATAM Airlines, making it one of the most influential investors in global aviation.

A landmark Boeing deal signed during US President Trump's GCC tour in 2025 confirmed Qatar Airways' order of up to 210 Boeing aircraft including 130 Dreamliners.