It seems Frankfurt is still a busy destination for Qatar Airways – busy enough for the airline to covert one of its daily operations to use an Airbus A380.
Qatar Airways Airbus A380 at Heathrow Airport – Image, Economy Class and Beyond.
The airline will be converting its QR067/068 pair (operating the morning Doha-Frankfurt / evening Frankfurt-Doha service) from a Boeing 777-300ER to the double-decker A380 from the 31st March 2018
The revised timetable looks a little like this:
QR069 DEPART DOH 01:35 ARRIVE FRA 07:10 Boeing 777-300ER QR067 DEPART DOH 08:05 ARRIVE FRA 13:40 Airbus A380 QR070 DEPART FRA 10:55 ARRIVE DOH 17:55 Boeing 777-300ER QR068 DEPART FRA 17:35 ARRIVE DOH 00:35+1 Airbus A380D Commences 31st March 2019 QR67/68 uses an Airbus A380 QR69/70 will continue to use a Boeing 777-300ER Data: AirlineRoute.
As well as the capacity uplift, there will be a comfort improvement in Economy Class, with wider seats than the currently operated plane on the service, as well as a full three-class service (offering First, Business and Economy class).
The change is loaded in the Qatar Airways engine, and available for booking – with first class showing as bookable.
Economy and Business options…
Economy, Business and First class showing as available.
For those on award travel, this should provide some interesting options. Similarly, those who are paying will appreciate the option of a higher class of travel if you need it.
And for those in economy – well, the extra seat width in economy class is always worth it.
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