Qatar Airways celebrates its one-year anniversary of A350 services

At the event, which marked the anniversary, were Qatar’s minister of transportation,. Jassim Al Sulaiti; Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker; President & CEO of Airbus, Fabrice Brégier; chairman of the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority Abdullah Nasser Turki Al Subaey; Qatar’s Ambassador to Bahrain, Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani; director general of General United Arab of Emirates Civil Aviation Authority, Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi and; director general of Qatar Aeronautical College, Sheikh Jabor bin Hamad Al Thani. 

Qatar Airways’ A350 was the first A350 to enter commercial service in January 2015, and now flies to four destinations – Frankfurt, Munich, Philadelphia and Singapore – across three continents; Asia, Europe and North America. 

Al Baker, who met with local and international media, said: “Qatar Airways is excited to participate in the region’s first air show of the year, and Bahrain has already delivered beyond our expectations. We chose this event to celebrate the one year anniversary of our A350 operations, and the public and industry are welcome to tour the very latest in aircraft technology, and we look forward to celebrating this milestone with them.”