Berlin, GERMANY First Class At a press conference during ITB travel trade show at Berlin, Qatar Airways CEO Mr. Akbar Al Baker unveil...
Berlin, GERMANY
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At a press conference during ITB travel trade show at Berlin, Qatar Airways CEO Mr. Akbar Al Baker unveiled its new cabin of Airbus A380-800 super jumpo airliner which will start entering service this year.
Qatar has configured its A380s with a tri-class 517 seat configuration, in First, Business and Economy, over two decks. The luxurious eight seat-first class features a 90-inch seat pitch, transforming into a fully flat bed, together with an expansive choice of entertainment options displayed on individual 19-inch television screens.
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The 50 seat business class cabin is in a six-abreast layout. The economy cabin on the main deck has 10-abreast seatin, occupying the entire main deck and part of the upper deck, comprising 459 seats. In addition to the 13 A380 aircraft currently has on order, the first of the 80 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft will also join Qatar Airways, as Airbus’s launch customer.
This forms part of Qatar Airways plans to significantly expand its fleet with 300 additional aircraft, worth more than US $50 billion, on order, including the Boeing 787 and 777X. As part of its aggressive expansion programme, Qatar Airways will launch routes to a further six new destinations during 2014: Philadelphia (USA) from April 2; Larnaca (Cyprus) from April 29; Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport (Turkey) from May 22; Edinburgh (Scotland) from May 28; Miami (USA) from June 10 and Dallas/Fort Worth (USA) from July 1.
