DOHA: Qatar Airways yesterday showcased the best of its ultra-modern fleet, with three of the airline’s latest generation aircraft on display on the opening day of the Dubai Airshow.
Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was led on a tour of the Qatar Airways A380 by Minister of Transport
H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti and Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker. Among the official delegation was also Abdullah bin Nasser Turki Al Subaey, Chairman of the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority.
A senior delegation of Dubai Government officials accompanied H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on the VIP tour of the state-of-the-art A380. Among the delegation was the President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline & Group, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
Qatar Airways is displaying three of its aircraft, the A380, A350, for which it was the global launch customer, and a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, its 25th of this aircraft type, delivered directly from Boeing to the show.
Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti said, “Qatar is proud to be home to one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, Qatar Airways and to be here at one of the world’s premier air shows displaying the very latest aircraft in the sky.”
“The Dubai Airshow enables Qatar Airways to showcase the very latest advancements, product design and technology available across our modern fleet. It is a proud moment to see the Qatar Airways livery on display this week on the world’s very latest generation aircraft and to showcase our award-winning products and hospitality on board to our visiting guests,” said Akbar Al Baker.
The A380 entered service with Qatar Airways last autumn and Qatar Airways received the A350 as Global Launch Customer in December 2014.
The A350, which entered service in January, now flies double-daily to Frankfurt, triple-daily to Singapore and daily to Munich. The Business Class cabin has 36 seats in a 1-2-1 configuration featuring an 80-inch full flat bed and 17-inch HD in-flight entertainment screen and a spacious inflight bar.
Economy Class features 247 18-inch wide seats in a 3-3-3 configuration, each with a 10.6-inch in-flight entertainment screen, and more space at shoulder level for passengers in window seats due to the vertical side wall panel design.
The 517-seat A380 aircraft comprising of First, Business and Economy Class over two decks, is the largest passenger jet in the world, and currently flies to Bangkok, Paris and London from Doha in the State of Qatar. The new First Class A380 features a seat with a 90-inch pitch that transforms into a fully-flat bed and has up to 2,000 entertainment options displayed on individual HD 26-inch television screens.
The Peninsula
