The flight on an Airbus A350-1000 was to promote the airline’s safety and hygiene measures, including new innovations such as the world’s first “zero-touch” entertainment technology, which allows users to select movies and music after pairing their mobile phones with the inflight system through a QR code. Masks were still required for all passengers and crew, except when eating and drinking. There were also empty seats between flyers to allow for social distancing.
Forbes reports that the airline also supported the “flight to nowhere” through its carbon offset programme. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker, says the flight showed that “the recovery of international travel is not far away .
Qatar Airways to operate world s first fully Covid-19 vaccinated flight
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Qatar Airways operates world s first fully COVID-19 vaccinated flight
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