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PHX06:10→DOH08:20+116h 10mQatar Airwaysbusiness

Sixteen hours and ten minutes, which is long enough that the cabin goes through two nights and a morning even though the clock only moves once.

I filmed the takeoff, then nothing for six hours because I actually slept, which never happens. The second half is most of what is here.

  1. t+00:1006:20 / 16:20

    Pushback

    Six in the morning and the light in Phoenix is already flat.

  2. t+00:1406:24 / 16:24

    Wheels up

  3. t+00:2206:32 / 16:32

    Over the Superstitions

  4. t+00:5507:05 / 17:05

    Settling in

    The seat in 2K is the one to ask for. Nobody walks past it.

  5. 1h 35mNothing filmed

    t+01:00 to t+02:35. She was still on board for all of it.

  6. t+02:4008:50 / 18:50Best bit

    Dinner service

    Lamb, which I never order on a plane, and it was the best thing I ate for two days.

  7. t+02:4808:58 / 18:58

    The tray

  8. t+03:0509:15 / 19:15

    Cabin lights down

  9. 8h 5mNothing filmed

    t+03:10 to t+11:15. She was still on board for all of it.

  10. t+11:2017:30 / 03:30Best bit

    Sunrise over the Gulf

    Woke up with the shade half open and this was already happening. Filmed it badly and I do not care.

    Woke up with the shade half open. Filmed badly through a scratched window, and I do not care.
  11. t+11:2617:36 / 03:36

    The wing at sunrise

  12. t+11:4017:50 / 03:50

    Second breakfast

    They do a proper one. Ask for the eggs.

  13. 3h 40mNothing filmed

    t+11:45 to t+15:25. She was still on board for all of it.

  14. t+15:3021:40 / 07:40

    Descent into Doha

  15. t+15:5522:05 / 08:05

    On stand