On Friday I posted about how Qatar Airways announced a further month-long delay to their scheduled A380 service, from August 1 to September 1, 2014.
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DRAMAAA! Qatar Airways is becoming the Kenya Moore of the airline industry. Full of drama, kinda flashy, a little crazy and offering very little credibility. The next time they give a postponed date for the a380, just add another month....and another...and another...
@ Reine -- Preach! I'm about ready to say "bye Felicia" to my hopes of flying the QR A380...
Airbus and the interior manufacturers have been doing this for a very long time and have their internal checks before delivery, so I think the chance of there actually being any discrepancies with what was ordered is slim to none. My money is also on Al Baker wanting to change specs after the fact.
I agree with A.S. I'm sure Airbus et al. have delivered the planes exactly as ordered. Qatar is just scrambling to improve their (rather lackluster) first class in the wake of the Etihad announcement.
All A380 deliveries are falling behind look at BA, Asiana etc.. and the PR department getting ahead of realality.
People say in Europe, it might be linked to the negotiation of more landing slots in Europe for Qatar, and they are using the delivery of A380 as a retention.
Remember they said a few weeks ago they would stop ordering Airbus planes until they got more slots in Europe...
Unless it's really related to Airbus/European government shenanigans, I hope Qatar owners take notice and stop treating Al Baker like he can do no wrong. The airport was years behind schedule (and still isn't fully up & running) and these A380 delays are making Qatar look very unprofessional. Perhaps they can wet lease some from Emirates? 😉