The "world's best business class" could be coming to Edinburgh Airport, a top executive of Qatar Airways has revealed.Travellers departing from Scotland might get to enjoy the luxury of Qatar Airways' acclaimed business class.
According to Vice President Sales for Europe at Qatar Airways Eric Odone, it is his "personal objective" to upgrade the Edinburgh-Doha route following its 10-year anniversary last month.In an exclusive interview with the Scottish Daily Express, Mr Odone said that he hoped to bring the Airbus A350/1000 to the route.
This would not only allow passengers to take advantage of the 'Qsuite', which includes sliding privacy doors and 21.5-inch touchscreens, but also increase capacity.Qatar Airways has previously been recognised as having the best business class in the world, taking the title at the prestigious Skytrax awards in 2023, and once again at the AirlineRatings.com 2024 Airline Excellence Awards.Speaking to the Scottish Daily Express, Mr Odone commented: "Traditionally it's about upgrading the aircraft and making sure we can provide the best products so I think the next step for Edinburgh would be to get the top, top aircraft, potentially the A350/1000 with the Qsuite on, which would be wonderful for Scottish passengers."It's not planned but I'm hoping that in the future we'll be able to do that.
Add extra capacity, particularly in business class. We are always looking at optimising and adding capacity." Asked if he thought Qsuite business class would be coming to Scotland, he added: "That's my personal objective, I would love to."The popular Qsuites can be single, double, or quad suites.
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