Qatar Airways upgrades Cebu route to Airbus A330-200

Qatar Airways has upgraded its Doha – Cebu route with the new state-of-the-art Airbus A330-200 aircraft offering the latest in inflight comfort and amenities.

The bigger capacity aircraft being used to the southern Philippine city of Cebu operates three-times-a-week via Singapore. The widebody A330-200 flies in a two-class configuration of up to 247 seats in Economy and 24 in Business. Until now, the service was operated with the smaller Airbus A300.

The new aircraft being used on the route features Qatar Airways’ Audio Video On Demand Waves interactive entertainment system, which allows passengers in every seat to choose from an extensive list of international new release films and short programmes to view on individual TV screens, and listen to an extensive list of CDs and radio channels.

The system gives passengers greater control of their inflight entertainment. The video option enables passengers to play, forward, rewind and pause programmes to give them more functionality.

New A330s are gradually being introduced into the fleet and are equipped with the following features.

Business Class

- 60-inch pitch
- Seats in 2-2-2 configuration
- Seats convert into two-metre bed length
- 15-inch personal LCD TV screens
- Laptop power point
- 5 pre-programmed electronic seat controls (aircraft take-off, meal, upright position, relax, sleeping)
- Personal in-seat telephone
- Seat position memory function
- Back massage control functions
- Seat design by Recaro, of Germany

Economy Class

- Up to 34-inch seat pitch
- Personal in-seat telephone
- Ergonomically designed seats to provide more comfort with greater shin space and living space
- 9-inch personal LCD TV screens
- Individual footrests
- Seat design by Recaro, of Germany

Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said, “Additional capacity into Cebu is part of Qatar Airways’ ongoing strategy to develop Asia into a key component of the airline’s global operations.”

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