Qatar Airways upgrades part of A350 order to biggest model | Reuters

Qatar Airways upgrades part of A350 order to biggest model | Reuters:

Qatar Airways said on Monday it was upgrading five of its Airbus (AIR.PA) A350 jets on order to the largest model, in a boost for the European planemaker’s largest twin-engined jet. 

The Gulf airline was the launch customer for both A350 models and said in February it could switch some of its existing order of A350-900s to the bigger A350-1000.

“Since taking delivery of the world’s first A350-1000 in February 2018, we have been extremely pleased with the aircraft’s performance, which has prompted us to update our original order,” Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker said in a statement.