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• Alessandro Parodi, Gianluca Lo Nostro, Joanna Plucinska
Qatar Airways has permanently retired its remaining Airbus A330 passenger aircraft after the widebodies stopped flying in late February amid disruption from the Iran war. The airline has also seconded some A330 pilots to Rwanda’s flag carrier, RwandAir, as older jets exit its fleet.
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Qatar Airways has permanently retired its remaining Airbus A330 passenger aircraft after the widebodies stopped flying in late February amid disruption from the Iran war. The airline has also seconded some A330 pilots to Rwanda’s flag carrier, RwandAir, as older jets exit its fleet.
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