Qatar Airways is always on the cutting edge when it comes to new planes. They were the launch customer for the Airbus A350-900, and I had the chance to take the first commercial flight on the plane back in early 2015. Qatar Airways is also the launch customer of the A350-1000, which is the stretch…
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Can't wait. Qatar's current A350s with their "old" J product, and Qsuites on the old 777s, are both superb products, as good as - or better than - anything else in the skies.
Putting the two together - Qsuites in an A350 - sounds like Heaven to me!
They are facing a problem because QSuite is 'too heavy' to install on A350-1000 configuration due to equipment weight.
They needed to adjust the design and finding the alternatives to the current material use.
"Qatar Airways has 37 of these planes in their fleet [...]"?
I guess you mean "Qatar Airways has 37 of these planes on order [...]".
Looking forward to these -
Just back from 4 flights (787/A350) in their current product. It's beautiful, the crews were generally amazing. But I still prefer Cathay, especially for the privacy aspect. I know no one will agree with me, but it really hit me this time around that the 'best product' doesn't actually mean the greatest enjoyment. It was still a very pleasant journey, but the added privacy of the suites I am looking forward to. I don't understand why the current product doesn't have some kind of wingback and higher walls to stop everyone being able to see each other in the cabin. Oh well...
It's just not A350-1000. A350-900 deliveries are also delayed due to Q suites. Qatar has around 14 A350-900/1000 deliveries pending because of Q suites.
Lucky, do you know if there's any way to tell the A350-900 from the A350-1000 when you're looking at the exterior of the two that is common to all airlines?
@Michael-
The -1000 has a triple bogie main gear whereas the -900 has a double bogie gear.
ill be happy when they introduce qsuites or AT LEAST rev herringbone on lax-doh