Aircraft
Qatar Sends Two Head-of-state Aircraft to Coronation
An Airbus A340-300 and a Boeing BBJ 747-8 ferried Qatari delegation to the UK for the coronation of King Charles III, taking place on Saturday.
An Airbus A340-500 of the Qatar Amiri Flight on takeoff (Credit Qatar Airways)
An Airbus A340-500 of the Qatar Amiri Flight (Credit Qatar Airways)

Qatar’s Amiri Flight sought to distinguish itself from Gulf rivals by sending two widebody head-of-state aircraft instead of one to the coronation of King Charles III, which took place at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday.

A video by RVA Aviation posted on YouTube on Friday showed a procession of government aircraft landing at London Stansted Airport in preparation for the festivities, including more modest aircraft bearing the delegations of the Emirati, Kuwaiti, Kazakh, Thai, Ghanaian, and other heads of state.

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