22 March, 2019: Qatar Airways receives its 250th aircraft, an Airbus A350-900 from Toulouse, France. The aircraft joins the airline’s state-of-the-art fleet, where the average age of aircraft is not more than five years.
This milestone was achieved by the airline just 22 years after it began its operation. Qatar Airways now has 203 passenger aircraft, 25 Cargo and 22 Qatar Executive jets.
Qatar Airways was the global launch customer of the Airbus A350-900 and was the first airline in the world to operate every family of Airbus’ modern airliner portfolio.
The airline operates its aircraft via its hub, Hamad International Airport (HIA) to over 160 destinations worldwide.
Recently, the airline has launched some new destinations which include, Gothenburg, Sweden; Mombasa, Kenya and Da Nang, Vietnam. They will also add a number of new destinations to their network including Lisbon, Portugal; Malta; Rabat, Morocco; Izmir, Turkey; Malaysia; Davao, Philippines; and Mogadishu, Somalia.