Qatar’s A380 to serve Melbourne

DOHA Qatar Airways will introduce its A380 on the Melbourne route 30 June 2017.

The 517-seat A380 aircraft will increase Qatar Airways’ current daily seat capacity on the route by 44% to meet growing travel demand.

Seven years ago Melbourne was the first destination in Australia for Qatar Airways, but it has since added services to Perth, Sydney and Adelaide.

The Melbourne route has been served by a 259-seat B777 aircraft since 2009.  It will be replaced by the A380 next June.

The 517-seat capacity is spread across twin decks in a tri-class configuration of eight seats in first class, 48 seats in business class and 461 in economy class.

sourced:ttrweekly.com