Qatar Airways is one of the most recognizable airlines in the world. The carrier has been named the “World’s Best Airline” by Skytrax eight times – something no other carrier has been able to achieve. It is also “the first airline globally to be certified to the industry standard for the prevention of illegal wildlife trafficking in aviation“.

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A brief glimpse into the fleet of Qatar Airways

The airline operates to 170 destinations around the world. According to data from ch-aviation, Qatar Airways has a fleet of more than 250 aircraft. Let’s take a look at some of the aircraft types in its fleet:

• Airbus A380
• Airbus A320
• Airbus A330
• Airbus A350
• Boeing 737 MAX 8
• Boeing 777
• Boeing 787 Dreamliner

You can read more about the fleet of the Middle East giant in our guide below:

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Qatar Airways has a diverse fleet of widebodies and narrow bodies today.

Qatar operates 92 Boeing 777s, the highest number of any aircraft type in its fleet. But it also has a sizable number of Airbus widebodies and several narrowbody planes for shorter international routes. But which aircraft operated by the carrier are the oldest? Let’s find out.

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The A330s are 18 years old (on average)

The oldest aircraft in Qatar Airways’ fleet is the Airbus A330. According to data from ch-aviation, Qatar’s Airbus A330-300, registered A7-AED, is 19.26 years old, and is the only passenger aircraft in the carrier’s fleet that is over 19 years of age. Planespotters.net noted that Qatar received this aircraft in August 2005.

At the time of writing, the last flight conducted by A7-AED took place between Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) and Doha Hamad International Airport(DOH). According to FlightRadar 24, some of the airports where this aircraft has conducted flights from Doha airport in October are the following:

• King Khaild International Airport (RUH) in Saudi Arabia
• Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC) in Bangladesh
• Islamabad International Airport (ISB) in Pakistan

Three A330-300s operated by Qatar Airways are roughly the same age: the ones registered A7-AEE, A7-AEF, and A7-AEG, are 18.91, 18.78, and 18.68 years old, respectively.

Apart from the Airbus A330-300s, a couple of Airbus A330-200s operated by Qatar, which are currently stored, are over 18 years old. Some of the Airbus A330-200s that are currently in service are approximately 17.5 years old.

A couple of Airbus A320s operated by Qatar are close to fifteen years old. These two are registered A7-AHA and A7-AHB, and are 14.98 and 14.94 years old, respectively. The Airbus A320 is the smallest aircraft operated by Qatar. This 132-seater plane comprises 12 flat-bed business seats in a 2-2 configuration while the remaining 120 economy class seats are configured 3-3.

Qatar has eight Airbus A380s. These have an average age of 8.9 years. These aircraft fly from Doha to the following destinations:

How old are Qatar’s Boeing aircraft?

All aircraft in Qatar’s fleet over 17 years of age are from the Airbus family. However, the carrier has a couple of Boeing aircraft that are quite close to that age range. Let’s take a look at them in detail:

Some of the routes operated by these 777s are the following:

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Qatar’s 92 Boeing 777s have an average age of 10.4 years, and these were the first aircraft in which the carrier introduced its aft-facing seats. Qatar’s seven Boeing 777-200s are 14.7 years old while its 28 Boeing 777Fs are, on average, 7.2 years old. The average age of the 57 Boeing 777-300ERs in Qatar’s fleet is 11.5 years.

Let’s take a look at the average age of other Boeing aircraft operated by the carrier:

Qatar Airways took delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 in April 2023 and started operations using this aircraft in mid-May 2023. From the carrier’s hub in Doha, these aircraft fly to the following destinations:

A look at the youngest aircraft in Qatar’s fleet

The youngest aircraft of the Boeing family

The youngest aircraft in Qatar Airways’ fleet are less than a year old. The carrier has two B777-200F and Boeing 787-9s each that are less than a year old.

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The youngest B777-200Fs are registered A7-BHQ and A7-BHR. According to data from FlightAware, these two aircraft have been operating from Doha Hamad International Airport to the following airports:

The Boeing 787-9s of Qatar have an average age of 4.0 years. This is the same as the average age of its 737 MAX 8s.

Qatar’s youngest aircraft of the Airbus family

The 55 Airbus A350XWB operated by Qatar Airways have an average age of 6.4 years. The youngest of these is the Airbus A350-1000 (registered A7-AOD), which is 2.38 years old.

The 31 Airbus Airbus A350-900s have an average age of 7.5 years while the 24 Airbus A350-1000s have an average age of 4.9 years.