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# QATAR: Qatar Airways Ends A330 ops; seconds flight crew to RwandAir
- URL: https://insideaviation.news/qatar-qatar-airways-ends-a330-ops-seconds-flight-crew-to-rwandair/
- Published: 2026-09-28T13:46:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-28T13:46:34.000Z
- Author: Inside Aviation News
- Tags: Qatar, Qatar Airways, RwandAir, Iran war, Aircraft Type Retirement, Dry Lease, Personnel Changes

DOHA, Qatar

- Qatar Airways has retired its last Airbus A330 passenger jets.
- The carrier seconded some A330 pilots to RwandAir.
- Prolonged Iran war doubled jet fuel prices and ended post-COVID demand for older wide-bodies.
- Qatar Airways acquired wide-body A330s from Oman Air last year but never placed them in commercial service.
- One of the A330s moved to RwandAir earlier this year - A330-200 (MSN 1049 ¦ 9XR-WS), formerly A4O-DC with OmanAir and slated to have bee A7-ACV with Qatar Airways but never taken up, having entered the Rwandan carrier's fleet in July this year. The Qatari carrier operated twenty-nine A330-200s and sixteen -300s. Ten of the last -300s have been stored since the first quarter of this year alongside the last three -200s.
- Qatar Airways pilots, some grounded since the war began, started secondments at RwandAir.
- Qatar Airways operates 239 passenger jets and 30 freighters. Its widebody fleet now consists of thirty-four A350-900s and thirty -1000s, eight A380-800s, six 777-200s, fifty-seven 777-300ERs, thirty-two 787-8s and twenty-nine 787-9s.
- Qatar Airways plans to receive 138 new aircraft over the next five years.
- Remaining leased A330s remain parked in Teruel, Spain, or Doha.
- Two A330s leased from Jetran will return to the lessor in October.
- Qatar Airways plans six aircraft exits and 19 deliveries between September 2026 and end-2027.
- Qatar Airways holds orders for 410 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus.
- RwandAir received the first of five expected A330s in August. Its fleet currently consists of three A330-200s and one -300\. The Central African carrier has an interline partnership with Qatar Airways. The Gulf carrier has long been linked to a 49% stake in RwandAir though to date, no firm commitment has been made.

**Sources:**

- [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/qatar-airways-retires-idle-a330s-sends-pilots-rwandair-iran-war-drags-2026-09-25/?ref=insideaviation.news)
- [Aviation Week](https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/qatar-rwanda-airline-tie-be-finalised-shortly?ref=insideaviation.news)