How did the 747SR fly from Qatar to London?
I was senior cabin crew at Qatar in 1995/96. Flew on the 747 for about 1 year. My first flight was DOH-BKK-MNL Xmas week 1995. 3 pilots, 14 cabin crew and 1 aircraft mechanic, which was the standard crew numbers. We had 57 passengers all the way to MNL as BKK was in a refuelling stop. If I recall there were 20 First Class seats upper deck and 508?+ seat all economy main deck. The configuration never changed from the ex-ANA seating plans. Gatwick was flown both ways via Cairo and was never full each sector. In the period I worked on the 744, Qatar was still a closed country. There were no tourists and our passengers were mainly workers to and from Doha. After BKK started as a drop off port we would have 1-5 transit pax via DOH. Our Bangkok route which was actually to Manila was a refuel stop only at Dhaka. Flight loads were minimal. First we would only ever have 5-10 max pax. Economy I recall ever having over 200 passengers. The 747sr was also used regularly to Khartoum. They were used also around the Gulf on various flights. The 747sp ex Air Mauritius replaced the 747sr for a few months in the DOH to MNL via BKK with Dhaka dropped. I flew the 747sr on a DOH-DXB-DHA-CMB-DOH route, 20+ hour duty.