Qatar A350 accompanied by A380 Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, hosted a press conference in Do...
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| Qatar A350 accompanied by A380 |
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, hosted a press conference in Doha on Wednesday, for more than 150 international media, for the inauguration of the world’s first A350 XWB, along with Mr. Didier Evrard (left), Airbus Executive Vice President Head of Programmes and Mr. Eric Schulz (right), Rolls-Royce President of Civil Large Engines.
Al Baker said “We are ready to commence operations with the A350 XWB and are delighted to introduce another level of service with our expanded fleet".
During the event Qatar announced that the first A350 commercial service will be deployed on the Doha-Frankfurt route – a sold-out service – on January 15, 2015.
The Qatar A350 XWB comprise a two-class configuration with 36 Business Class seats in a 1-2-1 configuration, featuring 80” fully flat beds and 17” HD in-flight entertainment screens.
Economy Class comprises 247 seats, each 18-inches wide in a 3-3-3 configuration, with up to a 32-inch pitch. Each individual seat will feature a 10.6” in-flight entertainment screen, and more space at shoulder level for passengers in window seats, thanks to a vertical side wall panel design.
Induction of A350 makes Qatar Airways, as the only airline in the world to operate every family of Airbus’ modern airline portfolio.
