Qatar Airways runs special A350 flight to Zagreb

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Qatar Airways runs special A350 flight to Zagreb

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Qatar Airways yesterday deployed its 327-seat Airbus A350-1000 aircraft to Zagreb on a special charter service from Doha which continued onto Houston in the United States. It marked the first time an A350-1000 jet landed in the Croatian capital. The aircraft will return directly from Houston to Doha. Qatar Airways continues to operate three weekly scheduled flights between its hub and Zagreb with its Airbus A320 aircraft.

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Anonymous13:41
Please come back to SKP we need you... :(
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JU520 BEGLAX13:47
Good pictures.
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Anonymous13:51
Maybe QR is experimenting ZAG and check if it has room for more US flights.
Can we expect DOH-ZAG-IAH soon?
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pozdrav iz Rijeke03:38
QR 350-1000 and OU Q400 on the last photo - neprocjenjivo!
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