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Home  >  Qatar Airways  >  Montreal Looks Like Doha This Summer!
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Montreal Looks Like Doha This Summer!

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 31, 2019July 31, 2019 10 Comments

Qatar Airways Montreal Wet Lease

Visit Montreal this summer and you just might think you are at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar.

This summer, you’re going to see a lot of Qatar Airways aircraft parked at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal. In fact, on any morning you might see four at once.

That’s not because Qatar Airways is using government subsidies to support 4x daily service between YUL and DOH. Rather, it is because Qatar Airways still has a surplus of aircraft due to the Gulf blockade and is now in the wet lease business.

Facing an aircraft shortage due to the ongoing 737 MAX crisis, Air Canada has contracted with Qatar Airways to operate Air Canada routes to both Paris and Barcelona. Both routes are operated by an A330-200, which is a nice upgrade for the 767-300 Rouge flight originally scheduled for Barcelona, but arguably a downgrade for the Air Canada A330-300 originally scheduled for Paris.

Meanwhile, Qatar Airways is also operating flights to Casablanca for Royal Air Maroc. During the summer months, Royal Air Maroc operates two daily flights between Montreal and Casablanca. One of those flights (AT208/209) is operated by a Qatar Airways 777-300ER…without Qsuite business class in case you were wondering. In fact, I’d call the flight a downgrade for passengers considering the Qatar Airways seats are not technically horizontal lie-flat seats.

Wet lease means a Qatar Airways aircraft and crew, but onboard service as if you were on a typical Air Canada or Royal Air Maroc flight.

CONCLUSION

I’ve never had a bad flight on Qatar Airways, but looks can be deceiving…these are Qatar Airways planes and flight attendants rather than the whole package. But if you are at YUL this summer, now you know why it might seem like you are in DOH.

H/T: Airliners.net // image: Qatar Airways (Doha, not Montreal)

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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10 Comments

  1. JohnC Reply
    July 31, 2019 at 4:31 pm

    It is important to be first but this article has some spelling issues.

    • Matthew Reply
      July 31, 2019 at 5:08 pm

      Please pardon the errors; a draft version was published. All errors should be fixed.

      • emercycrite Reply
        July 31, 2019 at 8:47 pm

        Nope, still there.

        • Matthew Reply
          July 31, 2019 at 11:43 pm

          Fixed a few more…hopefully that is all?

          • emercycrite
            August 1, 2019 at 2:03 am

            Yep I think all fixed now.

  2. Brent Reply
    July 31, 2019 at 5:59 pm

    I connected in Montreal a couple weeks ago and saw three Qatar planes and wondered why the heck they were there. I texted an avgeek friend of mine who explained what you have written. It sure was odd seeing that before I understood why.

  3. Kenneth Reply
    July 31, 2019 at 6:04 pm

    I saw the headline and thought it referred to this summer’s extreme heat!

    Kenneth, in VERY hot and humid Nova Scotia

  4. Musa Reply
    August 1, 2019 at 9:17 am

    My favourite Airline.

  5. yyc Reply
    August 2, 2019 at 12:50 am

    I am always curious how a wet lease aircraft operates. How different is the onboard service, especially when the crew are not familiar with the SOP of the operating carrier?

  6. Adelaide Ogoe Reply
    August 2, 2019 at 5:20 am

    The best airline ever , You will enjoy the great services they offer .

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