(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALH touching down on Rwy.23 for the 1st time as 'Qatari 914')
(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALH taxiing tot he bay after arriving as 'QR914')
(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALH receiving the traditional Water Cannon Salute)
(Qatar Airways A350-900 A7-ALH on pushback ready for its flight back to Doha as 'QR915')
Photos by Stefan P (Copyright 2016)
Qatar Airways Airbus A350-900 A7-ALH arrived from Doha at 15.55hrs as the inaugural 'QR914'. The aircraft departed back to Doha at 21.40hrs as 'QR915'.
This was an historic event for Adelaide and Australia. Qatar become the 7th airline currently flying to Adelaide, it is currently the longest flight out of Adelaide, it was also the 1st visit of an Airbus A350 to Adelaide as well as the 1st commercial service of an A350 to Australia.
Qatar will fly daily flight to Adelaide arriving at 1700 and departing at 2125 back to Doha using their flagship Airbus 350-900 aircraft which is configured to carry 293 passengers.
Welcome to Adelaide Qatar!!!
