2. Qatar Airways was the first to operate the Airbus A350.
On the 15th of January 2015 the brand new Airbus A350-900 took off for it's first commercial flight from Doha to Frankfurt. A sensational success to everybody who has dedicated it's work to develop this unbelievable airplane. What once started off as an idea was now flying reality, making it the most modern aircraft on earth.
Development costs are estimated at 11 billion Euros and to date 777 350's have been ordered by 43 worldwide customers. 80 of them for the Doha based airline, which is the biggest order of the Airbus of all airlines, followed by Singapore Airlines with 67 and Etihad with 62.
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