15.01.2021 - 03:32 UTC
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int'l) is planning to operate at most five A380-800s once it reactivates them, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said during a CAPA Live event.
"[The A380 is] one of the worst aircraft, when it comes to emissions, that is flying around today... Even when we operate [our A380s], we will only operate half of the numbers we have," Al Baker said.
He added that due to the slump in demand, the Qatari carrier has no plans to reactivate any the double-decker jets for the foreseeable future.
According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, the carrier owns its fleet of ten A380-800s which are 5.5 years old on average. All have been parked at Doha Hamad Int'l since late March or early April. As of this posting, the airline has not filed any schedules for the type for the foreseeable future.
Al Baker indicated that the carrier would be open to selling the aircraft, although the likelihood of a second-hand market for...
12.01.2021 - 17:17 UTC
Following the lifting of a three-and-a-half-year-old embargo against Qatar, Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int'l) has outlined plans to resume flights to Saudi Arabia having earlier resumed flights through its airspace.
Last week, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates announced reopening their respective borders and airspaces to Qatari-flagged aircraft for the first time since June 2017.
In terms of flight paths, the Qatari carrier has now resumed flights through Saudi and Emirati airspace but has only confirmed the resumption of flights to Saudi Arabia. Bahrain reopened its airspace to Qatari traffic on January 11. The private Egyptian newspaper, Al-Shorouk, quoted sources as saying that the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation had received a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday regarding the reopening of Egyptian airspace to Qatar, and allowing flights between the two countries. The sources suggested the decision could take effect from 0000L on Tuesday, January 12, with the first EgyptAir (MS, Cairo Int'l) flights to resume later in the week.
In a statement, Qatar Airways...