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Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. (Arabic: ุงููุทุฑูุฉ, Al Qatariyah),[2] operating as Qatar Airways, is the state-owned flag carrier of Qatar.[3][4] Headquartered in the Qatar Airways Tower in Doha,[5] the airline operates a hub-and-spoke network, linking over 150 international destinations across Africa, Central Asia, Europe, Far East, South Asia, Middle East, North America, South America and Oceania from its base at Hamad International Airport, using a fleet of more than 180 aircraft. Qatar Airways Group employs more than 40,000 people, of whom 24,000 work directly for Qatar Airways. The carrier has been a member of the Oneworld alliance since October 2013, the first Gulf carrier to sign with one of the three airline alliances.
Qatar Airways was established on November 22, 1993;[6] operations started on January 20, 1994.[7] Amman was first served in May 1994.[8]In April 1995, the airline's CEO was the Sheikh Hamad Bin Ali Bin Jabor Al Thani who employed a staff of 75. By this time the fleet consisted of two Airbus A310s that served a route network including Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Cairo, Dubai, Khartoum, Kuwait, London, Madras, Manila, Muscat, Osaka,[contradictory] Sharjah, Taipei, Tokyo and Trivandrum.[7] During 1995, two ex-All Nippon Airways Boeing 747swere bought from Boeing.[9][10] The airline acquired a second-hand Boeing 747SP from Air Mauritius in 1996.
Services to Athens, Istanbul, Madras and Tunis were suspended in late 1996, whereas Calcutta and Muscat were removed from the route network in January and September 1997, respectively.[13] Flights to London were launched during 1997.[14] The airline also took delivery of two second-hand 231-seater Airbus A300-600R aircraft on lease from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) during the year; they replaced two Boeing 747s. The entering of these two A300s into the fleet also marked the introduction of a new logo.[15] A third A300-600R joined the fleet shortly afterwards, also on lease from AWAS.[16] In July 1998 the carrier placed a firm order with Airbus for six Airbus A320s, slated for delivery between 2001 and 2005; it also took options for five more aircraft of the type.[17][18] Also in 1998, the carrier struck a deal with Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) for the lease of four Airbus A320s, with deliveries scheduled between February and April 1999;[19] these latter four aircraft were aimed at replacing the Boeing 727-200 Advanced fleet and to fill the capacity gap before the hand over of the first A320 from Airbus.[18] The airline took delivery of the first A320 powered by Aero Engines V2500 on lease from SALE in February 1999.
In May 2007, Qatar Airways and Airbus signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the acquisition of 80 Airbus A350 XWBs, including 20 A350-800s plus 40 and 20 aircraft of the –900 and –1000 variant, respectively, with the first aircraft initially slated for delivery in 2013.[43] The agreement was firmed up in June during the 2007 Paris Air Show;[44]three more Airbus A380s were also made part of the order.[45] In July the same year, during the unveiling ceremony of the Boeing 787 in Everett, Qatar Airways was recognised as a future customer for the type when its logo appeared on one side of the brand new aircraft. By that time, the airline had not acknowledged it had placed an order for a number of these new aircraft.[46] In November the same year, a firm order for 30 Boeing 787-8s, plus options for 35 more aircraft of the –9 or –10 variant, was confirmed. The order also included 14 Boeing 777-300ERs, six Boeing 777-200LRs and seven Boeing 777Fs, whereas five more aircraft of the type were on option. The combined order was valued at US$13.5 billion.[47][48] The airline took delivery of its first 335-seater Boeing 777-300ER in late November 2007.[49] The route network grew further during 2007 with the incorporation of Newark in June,[50] Nagpur —the carrier's seventh destination in India— in September,[51] and Stockholm in November.[52] A new scheduled service to New York-JFK that commenced in November 2008 replaced the Newark route.[50] The first two Boeing 777-200LRs were handed over by the aircraft manufacturer in February 2009.
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