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Airbus Delivers First A350-900 Widebody to Qatar Airways
Airbus delivered the first A350-900 to Qatar Airways on Monday during a ceremony at the manufacturer’s production facility in Toulouse.
Seven years after placing the launch order for the A350, Qatar Airways accepted first delivery from Airbus. (Photo: Airbus)
Seven years after placing the launch order for the A350, Qatar Airways accepted first delivery from Airbus. (Photo: Airbus)

Airbus delivered the first production A350-900 to Qatar Airways on Monday during a ceremony at the manufacturer’s production facility in Toulouse, France. Plans call for the airplane—the first of 43 A350-900s and 37 A350-1000s on order by Qatar—to fly the airline’s Doha-Frankfurt route starting next month. The state-owned airline placed its A350 order, which it valued at $16 billion, at the 2007 Paris Air Show.