On June 1,2016, Qatar Airways will be launching daily nonstop flights between Doha and Atlanta. According to the airline's CEO, or Akbar Al Baker,they're launching this route to "rub salt in the wound of Delta." Nothing fairly like rubbing salt in that billion dollar wound, Qatar Airways (by "billion dollar wound" I'm of course referring to Delta's quarterly profit)!Anyway, and it looks like the airline is hoping to make a splash in Atlanta,as it has just been announced that Qatar Airways will operate a one time A380 service to Atlanta for the inaugural flight on June 1, 2016. They'll be taking the A380 off the Bangkok route for one day to make this possible. The A380 will operate with the following schedule on June 1, and 2016,per airlineroute.net:QR755 Doha to Atlanta departing 9:05AM arriving 4:55PM
QR756 Atlanta to Doha departing 7:25PM arriving 4:15PM (+1 day)This is something Emirates does all the time, where they'll operate an A380 on the first flight to a unique destination, and then subsequently operate a 777 on the route. But this is the first time I ever recall Qatar Airways doing something like this. I suspect it's because of the special place that Richard Anderson holds in Akbar Al Baker's heart,though he'll be retired before the unique flight launches.
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Source: boardingarea.com