Qatar to MEL & SYD within weeks
 

They have recently rescheduled a few sin-doh services to a333 from 773 (they were originally a332 iirc), so could be related.

They'd need a 773 for that range wouldn't they? Either that or an A345/6.

My money is on the B772LR.

Yes it was mentioned recently that it will be a 772LR on a Qatar media article.
Even though this article says weeks i still believe flights wont start till October 2009.I suppose that is still 20 weeks !!!

Qatar have changed our other cross asia flight to a333 now...:mad:

Airbus all the way...A321, A333 (4 secotrs including qf ffs) on qatar, and other flights a320 and q100...:mad:

And here I was thinking that I would get my first trip on a 777, not to mention some in seat power :(

/rant

Qatar
 

Full story link http://www.qatarairways.com/global/e...e-05May09.html

Fleet http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/our-fleet.html


A7-BBA 36012 B777-2DZLR 753 2009 / 02 / 03.
A7-BBB 36013 B777-2DZLR 762 2009 / 02 / 09.
A7-BBC 36015 B777-2DZLR On order
A7-BBD 36016 B777-2DZLR On order
A7-BBE 36017 B777-2DZLR On order
A7-BBF 36018 B777-2DZLR On order

So, the third 200LR operator in Sydney, then.
Are there any airlines operating the 200 (basic, non-ER model) into Sydney these days?

If so, there should be a possibility to get a shot of all 5 passenger variants of the B777 at once.
So far, I've managed to get 4 in one shot. (200ER, 200LR, 300, 300ER)

Thai are the only ones to operate their 777-2D7's here and that only happens on very rare occasions.

Qatar to launch MEL?
 

From another board:

QATAR announce Melbourne launch from Dec 09