Qatar Airways B787s (30 787-8's, 18 787-9's)

Does anyone know when QR will receive their first 787-9?

Thanks XWB

The gist of the story seems to be that QR is dumping excess capacity onto Air Italy, as its existing aircraft plus incoming orders exceed its own needs.

- Five A332 transferred immediately 'on a temporary basis' (to be replaced later by 788s).
- Thirty 788s (now in service in QR's fleet) transferred to Air Italy between 2019 and 2022, while QR begins to take delivery of 789s.
- Twenty 737 MAX recently ordered by QR, to be delivered to Air Italy from April 2018.

The transfers are made under the guise of a lease at market conditions from QR's leasing arm. I doubt however that Air Italy can grow fast enough to use such a large capacity profitably, if at all. In short, QR over-ordered and invested abroad to dump excess capacity, hoping to mitigate its growing problems.

Maybe that plan can be successful in the long term, but I see huge roadblocks in the short term.

Qatar Selects GEnx for 787-9 www.geaviation.com/press-release/genx-engine-family/qatar-airways-and-ge-sign-genx-and-ge9x-engines-and-services

Delivery due for last week of August or first week Sep this year