I was told Qatar bought 4 L1011 aircraft cash for GF in 1975 and did not require any repayment for 10 years....somehow they then thought that the aircraft were theirs to use as and when they liked.
After a meeting with the operations manager who explained to them the trouble this was causeing they bought their own private VC10.
When asked how they would like the layout they decided to have the same as the Queen and to modify from there.
Sadly they felt poorly treated by GF service flights.... as did DXB when 60 flights a day by GF were cancelled into DXB to aid GF expansion into Africa by a Qatar Ceo.... and both countries soon started planning theirown airlines....as allways communication problems.
British managers allways failed to think big enough for GF and other airlines were needed and allowed to fill the voids.
GF is basically another East African Airways with all its strenghths and weaknesses and it ceased operations.