Qatar Airways Will Only Bring Back Half Its A380 Fleet

Jens Flottau January 13, 2021
Qatar Airways Airbus A380
Qatar Airways Airbus A380
Credit: Airbus
Qatar Airways plans to permanently retire half of its Airbus A380s, according to CEO Akbar Al Baker. “The A380 is one of the worst aircraft when it comes to emissions,” Al Baker told the CAPA live online conference Jan. 13. Currently all of Qatar Airways’ A380s are grounded and Al Baker announced...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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