Qatar Airways has becomed the 1st airline to fly the A350 to the United States.
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Source: @NYCAviation
In an event in New York, Qatar Airways Group CEO Mr. Akbar Al Baker and Airbus President and CEO Fabrice Brégier highlighted the important milestone for A350 XWB.
Source: @nancytrejos
The ferry flight took off from Hamad International Airport at Doha and landed in at JFK International at New York.
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Source: @NYCAviation
Qatar Airways fleet of 7 A350s currently flies twice a day to Frankfurt, daily to Munich and 3 times a day to Singapore from Doha.
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Source: Qatar Airways
An 8th A350 will join the fleet before the end of the year and is scheduled to fly daily to Philadelphia from 1st of January/2016.
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Source: Qatar Airways
Further A350 flights in 2016 will be to Boston from 16/March, a 2nd daily flight to New York from 1/April and Adelaide, Australia from 2/May.
Based on the article “A first for the U.S.: Qatar Airways brings the A350” published in Qatarday.