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Qatar Airlines : ウィキペディア英語版
Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. ((アラビア語:القطرية), ''Al Qatariyah''),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Qatar Airways – Vola a Dubai in un aereo a 5 stelle )〕 operating as Qatar Airways, is the state-owned flag carrier〔〔 of Qatar. Headquartered in the Qatar Airways Tower in Doha,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Qatar Airways – Legal Information )〕 the airline operates a hub-and-spoke network, linking over 140 international destinations across Africa, Central Asia, Europe, Far East, South Asia, Middle East, North America, South America and Oceania from its base at Hamad International Airport, using a fleet of more than 150 aircraft.
Qatar Airways Group employs more than 31,000 people, of which 19,000 work directly for Qatar Airways. The carrier has been a member of the Oneworld alliance since , the first Gulf carrier to sign with one of the three airline alliances.
==History==
Qatar Airways was established on ;〔 operations started on .〔 Amman was first served in .〔 At , the airline's CEO was the Sheikh Hamad Bin Ali Bin Jabor Al Thani who employed . By this time the fleet consisted of Airbus A310s that served a route network including Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Cairo, Dubai, Khartoum, Kuwait, London, Madras, Manila, Muscat, Osaka, Sharjah, Taipei, Tokyo and Trivandrum.〔 During , ex-All Nippon Airways Boeing 747s were bought from Boeing.〔〔 The airline acquired a second-hand Boeing 747SP from Air Mauritius in .〔〔
Services to Athens, Istanbul, Madras and Tunis were suspended in late 1996, whereas Calcutta and Muscat were removed from the route network in and , respectively.〔 Flights to London were launched during .〔 The airline also took delivery of two second-hand 231-seater Airbus A300-600R aircraft on lease from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services (AWAS) during the year; they replaced two Boeing 747s. The entering of these two A300s into the fleet also marked the introduction of a new logo.〔 A A300-600R joined the fleet shortly afterwards, also on lease from AWAS.〔 In the carrier placed a firm order with Airbus for Airbus A320s, slated for delivery between and ; it also took options for more aircraft of the type.〔〔 Also in 1998, the carrier struck a deal with Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE) for the lease of Airbus A320s, with deliveries scheduled between and ;〔 these latter aircraft were aimed at replacing the Boeing 727-200 Advanced fleet and to fill the capacity gap before the hand over of the first A320 from Airbus.〔 The airline took delivery of the A320 powered by Aero Engines V2500 on lease from SALE in .〔
A A300-600R on lease from AWAS joined the fleet in .〔 In , Qatar Airways ordered an International Aero Engines V2500-powered Airbus A319CJ and took an option for another aircraft of the type.〔 The airline became the Airbus A380 customer in when aircraft of the type were ordered, plus options.〔 Also that year, the airline resumed services to Jakarta.〔 In 2002, the government of Qatar withdrew from Gulf Air.〔〔 In , a Qatar Airways Airbus A320 was the first aircraft that resumed the international services to Iraq when it flew the Doha–Basra route.〔 Also that month, Qatar Airways incorporated its first dedicated cargo aircraft to the fleet. It was an Airbus A300-600R that was converted to freighter in Germany for  million.〔 Also in ,〔 at the Paris Air Show, the carrier placed an order with Airbus valued at  billion for Airbus A321s, Airbus A330s and Airbus A340-600s.〔〔 The deal included A330-200s and -300s;〔 it also included options for further A330-300s and A340-600s.〔 The first aircraft were scheduled to enter the fleet in , with the A340-600 slated for delivery in .〔 During the year the airline started serving the Chinese market with the introduction of flights to Shanghai.〔 Also in , the carrier expanded its portfolio of destinations with the commencement of services to Manchester in ,〔 Tripoli in ,〔 and Cebu and Singapore in .〔 During the 2003 Dubai Air Show the airline firmed up an earlier commitment for Airbus A380s and took options for another of these aircraft. The value of the transaction was  billion.〔 It was also in 2003 that Qatar Airways became the first airline to be audited under the new IATA operational audit programme, IOSA.〔
The Qatar Airways Group —which included Qatar Airways, Doha International Airport and corporate business air services, ground handling and in-flight catering companies— reported its first profit ever for the fiscal year (FY) that ended on . The FY2004 saw the airline transporting 3.35 million passengers.〔 Zurich became the carrier destination worldwide in ;〔 Yangon was added to the list of destinations in the same year.〔 A new service to Osaka was launched in .〔 Its first A340 was delivered on September 8, 2006.
In , Qatar Airways and Airbus signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the acquisition of  Airbus A350 XWBs, including A350-800s plus and aircraft of the –900 and –1000 variant, respectively, with the first aircraft initially slated for delivery in .〔 The agreement was firmed up in during the 2007 Paris Air Show;〔 more Airbus A380s were also made part of the order.〔 In the same year, during the unveiling ceremony of the Boeing 787 in Everett, Qatar Airways was recognised as a future customer for the type when its logo appeared on one side of the brand new aircraft. By that time, the airline had not acknowledged it had placed an order for a number of these new aircraft.〔 In the same year, a firm order for Boeing 787-8s, plus options for more aircraft of the –9 or –10 variant, was confirmed. The order also included Boeing 777-300ERs, Boeing 777-200LRs and Boeing 777Fs, whereas more aircraft of the type were on option. The combined order was valued at  billion.〔〔 The airline took delivery of its first -seater Boeing 777-300ER in late .〔 The route network grew further during with the incorporation of Newark in ,〔 Nagpur —the carrier destination in India— in ,〔 and Stockholm in .〔 A new scheduled service to New York-JFK that commenced in replaced the Newark route.〔 The first Boeing 777-200LRs were handed over by the aircraft manufacturer in .〔
On June 15, 2009, at the Paris Air Show, Qatar Airways ordered 20 Airbus A320 and 4 Airbus A321 aircraft worth $1.9bn.〔(Qatar Airways Buys 24 Airbus A320 Family Aircraft ) 〕
On October 12, 2009, the company completed the world’s first commercial passenger flight powered by a fuel made from natural gas,〔(qatarairways.com ) 〕 Also in 2009, Qatar Airways launched its first scheduled flights to Australia with Melbourne being the first city served;〔 routes to Chengdu, Hangzhou, Phnom Penh and Clark International Airport in the Philippines were launched during as well.〔
Tokyo-Narita was first served by the carrier in .〔 On May 18, 2010, the airline put its first Boeing 777F (A7-BFA) into service, with a flight from Doha to Amsterdam. The aircraft had been delivered on May 14, 2010.
The airline has launched 22 new destinations since 2010, with nine more destinations announced: Ankara, Aleppo, Bangalore, Barcelona, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Hanoi, Montreal, Nice, Phuket, São Paulo, Shiraz, Kolkata, Medina, Oslo, Sofia, Stuttgart, Venice and Tokyo. Qatar Airways also launched Benghazi and Entebbe during 2011. Service to Baku and Tbilisi, originally planned for 2011, was delayed until February 1, 2012 due to "operational issues".
Boeing handover of a Boeing 777-200LR in marked Qatar Airways receiving its aircraft from this aircraft manufacturer.〔 In November the same year, at the Dubai Airshow, the airline ordered 55 Airbus planes: 50 A320neo and 5 A380, in addition to two Boeing 777 freighters.
In , Perth became the second city served in Australia.〔 On October 8, 2012, Qatar Airways announced its intention to join the Oneworld alliance.
Qatar Airways became the carrier worldwide that incorporated the Dreamliner to the fleet when Boeing handed over the airline first aircraft of the type on ,〔 the first one delivered to a Middle East airline.〔 The aircraft was deployed on the Doha–Dubai corridor on .〔 Dreamliner services on the long-haul Doha–London-Heathrow route commenced on , with the airline becoming the first one to offer regular services to the United Kingdom using this aircraft.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Qatar Airways began Boeing 787 Dreamliner services to London Heathrow )〕 During , Qatar Airways launched flights to Gassim in Saudi Arabia, Basra and Najaf in Iraq, Phnom Penh, Salalah and Chicago.〔 Services to Ethiopia began in .〔
In February 2013, Qatar Airways launched its European Customer Service, which is located in Wrocław, Poland.
In , the airline firmed up an order for Boeing 777-300ER aircraft plus options.〔 On November 17, 2013, the first day of the Dubai Airshow, Qatar Airways purchased 50 Boeing 777-9Xs. The commitment was firmed up during the 2014 Farnborough Air Show in a deal worth  billion; purchase rights for another aircraft of the type were also taken. In addition, the transaction included firm orders for Boeing 777Fs plus options for another with a combined value of  billion.〔 Deliveries of the passenger aircraft are expected to start in .〔
An all-business class flight to London Heathrow was launched in with Airbus A319LR aircraft. Flights to Edinburgh were launched in .〔〔 The carrier expected to take delivery of its first Airbus A380 aircraft in ,〔 with plans for the aircraft to be displayed at the Farnborough Air Show.〔 There were intentions to first deploy the type on the Doha-Hamad–London-Heathrow route starting ;〔〔 another two undisclosed European points would likely become served with the A380.〔 In late , it was reported the delivery of the aircraft would be delayed by several weeks.〔 Further delays shifted the start of A380 services to London to .〔〔 Delivery of the first aircraft of the type finally took place on .〔 A380 services to London commenced in .〔〔〔 The airline became the launch customer for the A350 XWB; the first Airbus A350-900 was handed over to the company on and had its first revenue flight to Frankfurt almost a month later, on .〔〔〔
In , the airline concluded an order for Boeing 777Fs in a deal worth  billion; Qatar Airways also took purchase rights on more aircraft of the type.〔〔 In , it was disclosed Qatar Airways ordered ten Boeing 777-8Xs and four additional Boeing 777Fs for USD 4.18 billion.〔〔〔

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