Qatar to MEL & SYD within weeks

[Gerald A]

Baker said Qatar Airways, wich currently flies to 84 destinations, plans to start operations to melbourne and Sydney "within weeks", subject to regulatory approval.

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_...yId=1093247430

[Rhys Xanthis]

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

[NickN]

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

[Gerald A]

My money is on the B772LR.

[lloyd fox]

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 !!!

[Rhys Xanthis]

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

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

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

/rant

[Gerald A]

We are extremely excited to enter the new market of Australia with the addition of Sydney and Melbourne, and expanding our presence further in Europe with two more routes.”

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

[Erik H. Bakke]

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)

[matthew mcdonald]

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

[Steve Jones]

From another board:

QATAR announce Melbourne launch from Dec 09

QATAR Airways today announced it'll launch 3 weekly Doha - Melbourne service onboard Boeing 777-200LR from 06DEC09.

It plans to increase the service to Daily by 2010. Melbourne will be QATAR's first long-awaited destination in Australia