Qatar Airways updates 777F delivery timeline, again hints at A330F disposal

[caption id="attachment_411782" align="alignright" width="499"] Following Qatar Airways' latest delivery in March, the carrier's 777F fleet stands at sixteen units, the largest 777F fleet of any combination carrier.[/caption] Doha-based Qatar Airways is planning to take delivery of four more 777Fs before the year is over, the company’s CEO, Akbar Al Baker, revealed at a media event in Qatar earlier this week. Without specifically mentioning the A330-200F, of which the carrier currently owns and operates five, Al Baker told The Gulf Times the carrier was planning to consolidate its passenger fleet to just four platforms – down from the seven it operates today. Similar consolidations to Qatar Airways’ freighter fleet would not be unexpected, particularly as QR Cargo continues to expand its 777F fleet. With plans to remove the twenty A330s Qatar Airways currently operates in passenger configuration by 2024, the simplified fleet structure may carry over to freighter operations as well. The carrier has already reduced its A330-200F freighter fleet from eight units to five, returning three units off lease to BOC Aviation. Those aircraft are now making their way to Sichuan Airlines . Qatar’s five other A330-200Fs, meanwhile, are not leased but owned. The aircraft are also young in age, with the oldest unit delivered less than five years ago. Guillaume Halleux, Qatar Airways Chief Officer Cargo, told Cargo Facts in May of last year that incoming 777Fs could push the carrier to make further reductions to the A330-200F fleet. With five 777Fs on order, a 1:1 replacement would be a possibility. See also: Despite future focus on 777Fs, Turkish Cargo continues to refine A330-200F network For now, Qatar Airways’ freighter fleet stands at twenty-three units, with five 777Fs remaining on order with Boeing. When QR Cargo finalized an order for five 777Fs from Boeing last April, it provided no delivery timeline. While Al Baker suggested four would be delivered this year, there was no mention regarding the delivery schedule for the fifth. After the carrier’s latest 777F delivery in March 2019 (62773), the fleet comprises five A330-200Fs, two 747-8Fs, and sixteen 777Fs. As for Qatar Airways' passenger fleet, “From 2024, our fleet will consist of Boeing 777s and 787s and Airbus A350s and A321s. At that time, there will not be any more Airbus A320s and A319s in our fleet,” Al Baker said. Today the carrier operates A320s, A321s, A330s, A350s, A380s, 777s, and 787s.

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