ROUTES - RWANDAIR EXPANDS QATAR AIRWAYS CODESHARE SERVICE IN 1Q25

Rwandair since mid-January 2025 expanded codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways, covering additional 15 routes operated by the latter. Recently implemented codeshare routes include the following.

Rwandair operated by Qatar Airways

Doha – Alexandria Borg el Arab
Doha – Bangkok Suvarnabhumi
Doha – Cairo
Doha – Hanoi
Doha – Ho Chi Minh City
Doha – Kuala Lumpur
Doha – Lisbon
Doha – Luanda
Doha – Mahe Island (Seychelles)
Doha – Mykonos
Doha – Phuket
Doha – Seoul Incheon
Doha – Tashkent
Doha – Trabzon
Doha – Tunis

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ROUTES - QATAR AIRWAYS 1Q25 AMSTERDAM SERVICE EXPANSION

Qatar Airways in the first quarter of 2025 plans to expand Doha – Amsterdam service, currently scheduled 14 weekly. From 03JAN25 to 29MAR25, the oneWorld member introduces additional 4 weekly flights, departing Doha in the afternoon hours with 787-8 Dreamliner.

Following schedule focuses on the new service.
QR283 DOH1540 – 2045AMS 788 x346
QR284 AMS2220 – 0630+1DOH 788 x346

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Ready for service! Qatar Airways is the first airline to receive Airbus’ A350-1000

This Middle East-based operator adds the stretched-fuselage A350 XWB to its growing fleet of A350-900s

The largest A350 XWB customer has taken first delivery of Airbus’ largest version of the jetliner – the A350-1000 – providing Qatar Airways with both versions of the aircraft that is delivering the future of air travel to an increasing number of airlines around the world.
After a gala delivery ceremony yesterday evening at Airbus’ headquarters in the Toulouse region of southern France – and location of the A350 XWB final assembly line – the first-delivered A350-1000 was flown this morning to Qatar Airways’ home base of Doha.

Qatar Airways, which has ordered 39 A350-900s and 37 A350-1000s, will benefit from the significant commonality between the two aircraft that share 95 percent common system part numbers and the same type rating, allowing airlines to efficiently operate both A350 XWB Family variants. The A350-1000’s fuselage is seven metres longer than its smaller brethren, providing greater capacity (40 more seats in a typical three-class cabin configuration) that perfectly matches airlines’ needs on their busiest long-haul routes while giving the flexibility to provide a larger premium seating area.

                                         

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As of mid-February 2018, 150 A350-900s had been delivered to 17 operators worldwide, reflecting the fastest Airbus widebody production ramp-up since the initial operator – also Qatar Airways – took possession of its first aircraft in 2014. The new A350-1000 is building on the success of the A350-900 and its proven excellent operational performance during its past three years in service. Most recently, the fourth quarter of 2017 saw an excellent operational reliability of more than 99.2 percent (based on a three-month rolling average).

The delivery to Qatar Airways brought this airline’s A350 XWB fleet to 22 jetliners. It came on the heels of a demonstration tour performed by an A350-1000 test aircraft that flew some 64,000 kilometres as it visited 12 cities across the Middle East and Asia-Pacific region.
With its longer fuselage, the A350-1000 brings upsized efficiency, maximum reliability and unique passenger comfort in its Airspace cabin (the quietest of any twin-aisle jetliner) for fast-growing regions of the global airline marketplace. Qatar Airways’ first A350-1000 features the new and unique Qsuite – the airline’s signature business class seating that offers a new level of innovation for in-flight comfort.

Qatar Airways To Operate First A350-1000 On Doha-London Route

TOULOUSE—Airbus delivered the first production A350-1000 to Qatar Airways, introducing several improvements that it said will eventually flow down to the smaller A350-900 as well. The delivery of the first -1000 was late by a few weeks; when the type was certified in November 2017, first delivery was expected by the end of 2017

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Qatar Airways commenced flights to Penang (PEN) on 6 February, its second destination in Malaysia, as it continues its robust expansion plans in Southeast Asia.

The three times weekly service from its Doha (DOH) hub will be flown by the oneworld carrier’s 254-seat 787-8 fleet. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, said: “We are delighted to launch direct flights to Penang, a long-anticipated addition to our global route network. Our Kuala Lumpur service started in 2001, and it has since grown to a triple-daily direct non-stop service. The addition of Penang to our global network comes as part of our continued expansion plans in Southeast Asia, as we have recently launched direct services to Thailand’s Chiang Mai and Pattaya, as well as adding extra services to Krabi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.” MD of Malaysia Airports, Datuk Badlisham Ghazali, said: “With the current triple-daily frequencies to Kuala Lumpur catering to the many passengers travelling to destinations in North America and Europe, we believe that the same demand for these destinations from Penang is growing rapidly. As one of the busiest airports in Malaysia, Penang recorded seven million passenger movements last year.” At a press conference held after the inaugural flight arrival, Qatar Airways CCO Ehab Amin, announced the new route will be boosted to a four times weekly frequency from 1 July. No other carriers operate this city and neither of Qatar Airways’ fellow MEB3 carriers Emirates or Etihad Airways flies to Penang either. On 11 February, the oneworld carrier also added a daily 777-300 service from its home hub to Canberra (CBR), its fifth destination in Australia. The flights operate via Sydney, which as a result of this expansion now increases to a double-daily service. There is no competition on the 12,604-kilometre sector to the Australian capital city, and it should be noted that Qatar Airways does not have permission to sell seats on the Sydney-Canberra leg.

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