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Old 16th May 2008, 10:25
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A300Man
 
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Hi MMS,

The Qatar Airways A300 passenger fleet has been reduced to only one or two aircraft, and the remainder have actually now left the fleet and have been sold onwards for freighter conversion.

The current A300 fleet at QR is predominently a cargo operation (3 aircraft).

The remaining passenger aircraft are now flying less and less routes, mainly short haul regional routes (Dubai, Colombo, Tunis from time to time, Berlin very occasionally, Pakistan. The Moscow route has also been replaced by A330-200.) There is a suggestion that one aircraft only may be retained in the fleet beyond the planned phase-out of June 2008, to serve as a back-up aircraft for a couple of months.

It should be noted that QR has also taken delivery 3 weeks ago of its final A330 aircraft, which is a -300 version registered A7-AEO. QR will not take delivery of any more wide-bodied Airbus aircraft until its first A350XWB is ready in around 4 years.

Therefore, I would imagine that if you are being considered for the A300 fleet, it would be for non-passenger operations. The routes served by Qatar Airways Cargo can be found at:

www.qrcargo.com

See also this link:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...6220421&nseq=2


Good luck!
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