QR A350 coming to ATL

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KarelXWB
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QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:45 am

From the end of March, QR plans to deploy the A350 to ATL.

Qatar Airways A350-900XWB aircraft to serve Atlanta from 25MAR18, replacing 777-300ER


Via https://twitter.com/Airlineroute/status ... 5090825216
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neomax
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:52 am

I certainly look forward to seeing the QR A350 in ATL! Looks sharp in the QR livery!
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 11:10 am

Wow. Was hoping for LAS to finally come, but it'll be hilarious to see DL's reaction to QR's A359 in ATL!
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 11:33 am

Will DL take QR's gate on this inaugural flight too? :?
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 12:57 pm

It’s good to see that QR got over its petulance with Airbus and the A350 to take more of them. For a brief while they switched the BOS flight to a 787-8 but over a month ago went back to the A359.
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 1:46 pm

PerfectGriffin wrote:
Will DL take QR's gate on this inaugural flight too? :?


Let's hope not! XD
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 1:49 pm

Looks like it will be an approx 20% reduction in capacity going from a 42J316Y 77W to a 36J247Y A359...
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 1:51 pm

panamair wrote:
Looks like it will be an approx 20% reduction in capacity going from a 42J316Y 77W to a 36J247Y A359...
They probably figured a lower CASM aircraft = more $$$.
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:13 pm

TryToFlySomeday wrote:
it'll be hilarious to see DL's reaction to QR's A359 in ATL!


Why would DL fight back against QR flying a smaller plane to ATL?
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:35 pm

Wonderful news! Now that gives us 2 airlines that fly the A350 to ATL.
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 5:16 pm

Didn't ATL open the second A380 gate? $14M down the drain.
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 5:23 pm

dtw2hyd wrote:
Didn't ATL open the second A380 gate? $14M down the drain.


QR has 8 a380s. Why would you expect them to use one of those 8 to ATL??
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 5:37 pm

Antarius wrote:
dtw2hyd wrote:
Didn't ATL open the second A380 gate? $14M down the drain.


QR has 8 a380s. Why would you expect them to use one of those 8 to ATL??


I see. Why did they throw a temper tantrum when DL didn't give up the lone gate last minute?
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 5:44 pm

dtw2hyd wrote:
Antarius wrote:
dtw2hyd wrote:
Didn't ATL open the second A380 gate? $14M down the drain.


QR has 8 a380s. Why would you expect them to use one of those 8 to ATL??


I see. Why did they throw a temper tantrum when DL didn't give up the lone gate last minute?


That was a one off.

Regardless, QR throws temper tantrums repeatedly, its AAB's forte. Reading too much into a QR temper tantrum would be expecting QR to fly one of their 8 a380s to ATL of all places,
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:45 pm

KarelXWB wrote:
From the end of March, QR plans to deploy the A350 to ATL.

Qatar Airways A350-900XWB aircraft to serve Atlanta from 25MAR18, replacing 777-300ER


Via https://twitter.com/Airlineroute/status ... 5090825216

That's a capacity loss, but better for the customers with a better onboard product. I guess QR traffic to the US isn't what it used to be?
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:54 pm

PerfectGriffin wrote:
Will DL take QR's gate on this inaugural flight too? :?

Will QR expect being able to use whatever gate the choose at the last minute lease contracts be damned?

dtw2hyd wrote:
Didn't ATL open the second A380 gate? $14M down the drain.

had nothing to do with QR.

Had everything to do with the eventual plan of moving international operations off of E and converting the concourse to domestic use later in life.
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:27 am

PerfectGriffin wrote:
Will DL take QR's gate on this inaugural flight too? :?

Lets hope so lol......
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Re: QR A350 coming to ATL

Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:57 am

panamair wrote:
Looks like it will be an approx 20% reduction in capacity going from a 42J316Y 77W to a 36J247Y A359...


More like a right-sizing. The A359/A35K is the perfect-sized plane for them for where the B788 isn't significant. That's a 94t (A359; 44t for the A35K) savings in landing weight and landing fees, and probably two FAs too. The A350 seat is also wider at 18" compared to 17" on the 3-4-3 B77W (the B788s are likely replacing the A332s that are being shifted to Meridiana).
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