The First-Class Seats On Qatar Airways' New A380 Jet Look Amazing
The top-of-the-line seats will transform into fully flat beds, and come with 26-inch television screens.
That in itself is nothing new, but the new design highlights Qatar's good taste and ability to make an airplane cabin look and feel luxurious.
Qatar hasn't revealed how it will configure the rest of the huge plane, but competitor Emirates flies the A380 with about 500 seats.
The rapidly growing airline, based in Qatar, made the announcement this week at the ITB Berlin travel trade show. It has ordered 13 A380 jets from Airbus, and the first should begin between Doha and London later this year.
Qatar recently went on a plane buying spree, ordering $50 billion worth of jets from Airbus and Boeing, including 80 new Airbus A350s. Those deliveries will more than double the size of its current fleet.
Qatar CEO Akbar Al Baker showed Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit around:
