Delta, Qatar Airways bring first A350 scheduled services to Atlanta

Delta Air Lines and Qatar Airways both introduced Airbus A350-900 XWB aircraft to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International over the March 24-25 weekend. March 24, Delta Flight 27 became the first A350-900 to depart from ATL, lifting off for Seoul/Incheon, South Korea. Qatar’s first A350 flight to ATL came March 25, with a flight from Doha. For Qatar, the A350-900 replaces its Boeing 777-300ERs on the Atlanta route, upping the passenger comfort quotient with an improved business class, but also decreasing capacity, as the A350-900 seats a maximum 325 passengers versus the 777-300ER’s maximum 396. Qatar’s A350 seats 283 passengers, with 26 business-class seats in a 1-2-1 configuration and 247 economy seats in a 3-3-3 configuration. <br/>