Qatar Airways announces first A350 destination

Qatar Airways Airbus A350-900
Qatar Airways Airbus A350-900 (© Qatar Airways)

Qatar Airways has announced Frankfurt as the first route for its A350 Extra Wide Body (XWB) aircraft. As the Global Launch Customer of the A350 XWB, the programme will officially take off once the airline receives its first aircraft before the end of this year.

Upon delivery, following several weeks of induction preparation, Qatar Airways will then be set to introduce its first commercial service to the German business hub city of Frankfurt. Frankfurt will be operated non-stop daily with an A350 starting from January next year.

The airline has chosen the European city for its first route for the Extra Wide Body service because of the significant capacity the aircraft provides for the comfort of its business and leisure travellers. Qatar Airways currently flies twice-daily to Frankfurt, and the double pairings will both be operated by an A350 on the route. Initially QR067/068 will be the first pairing with the A350, followed shortly by QR069/70.

The 283 seats are divided across a dual cabin layout, configured in Business Class and Economy Class; 36 seats and 247 seats respectively. Qatar Airways has 80 Airbus A350s on order, and expects to induct the first eight production aircraft into its fleet before 2015 year-end.

His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, Group Chief Executive of Qatar Airways remarked: ““Qatar Airways looks forward to inaugurating our first A350 on the Doha – Frankfurt route, and to very soon introducing this next-generation aircraft on many other cities offered on the airline’s extensive network.”

The first A350-900 for Qatar Airways completed its maiden flight last week.

Qatar Airways took delivery of its first double-decker A380 aircraft in September this year and it is currently operated daily on the Doha – London Heathrow route.

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