Qatar Airways has posptoned its inaugural A380 route to London Heathrow by two weeks.
The Gulf airline's Doha to LHR service had been scheduled to launch on June 17 but will now begin on July 1, according to airlineroute.net.
The carrier, which has 13 superjumbos on order, revealed it would fly the A380 to LHR when it debuted its first class cabin at the ITB trade fair in Berlin (see news, March 5).
It then released images of its forthcoming A380-800 first class lounge and bathroom interiors (see news, April 29).
Qatar Airways will fit out its A380s in a three-class configuration of first, business and economy over two decks. The new first class A380 seat features a 90-inch seat pitch, transforming into a fully-flat bed.
The airline yesterday commenced full operations at its new hub at Hamad International Airport in Doha (see news, May 12). The first Qatar Airways commercial flight, QR1113 from Bahrain, landed at HIA at 0910 local time.
Graham Smith
