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Airbus Delivers First Qatar A350-1000

Though a few months late, the first delivery has Qatar's management excited with prospects for the future.

Qatar has taken delivery of its first Airbus Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97-powered A350-1000. It will fly its first revenue service on February 24. (Photo: Airbus)

By Guillaume Lecompte-Boinet

February 20, 2018

Airbus delivered the first A350-1000, the largest variant of the A350XWB family, to its launch customer Qatar Airways on February 20 in Toulouse. This twin-aisle airplane, able to carry up to 366 passengers in three-class configuration (and a maximum of 440), will officially enter service on February 24 on the Doha-Heathrow route, said Akbar Al-Baker, president of Qatar Airways. "Then, we will put the -1000 in service in the U.S.," added Al-Baker.

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