No Qsuites business class upgrade for Qatar Airways Airbus A380s

Qatar Airways has decided not to upgrade its Airbus A380s with Qsuite business class suites owing to plans to retire the superjumbos in as little as 5 years' time. The airline's CE, Akbar Al Baker, tipped the fate of its A380 fleet at the Paris Air Show, admitting "we feel that the aircraft does not have very long future in Qatar Airways' fleet. We would think about retiring those aeroplanes on their 10th anniversary, unless something untoward happens and we need them." Al Baker confirmed this would see the airline's first A380 put out to pasture in 2024 "because it would be 10 years old." The airline originally planned to fit the Qsuite to its 10 Airbus A380s in 2020, but using a modified version of what is widely considered the world's best business class seat due to the more pronounced wall curvature of the superjumbo's upper deck. <br/>