• Aircraft:

  Boeing 737-8 MAX

• Reg: A7-BSE photos
• Serial #:

  43342

• Airline: Qatar Airways
• Photo Date: May 16, 2023
• Uploaded: May 16, 2023
• Hamad International Airport - OTHH, Qatar

The cause and the result in one photo, as the MAX was not going to be part of Qatar Airways fleet if it wasn't for the dispute between Qatar Airways and Airbus that made the former to ground many A350s, including the one sitting with its engines and windows covered in the background, and made the latter to initially cancel Qatar's much needed A321 neo order, and then to delay the delivery of it till 2026 after reinstating the order following a settlement they reached for their legal dispute. This delay forced Qatar Airways to go for the MAX as Boeing had some ready MAX 8s that were intended to go to the Russian airline S7, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions that resulted from it prevented S7 form taking the delivery of them, so Qatar Airways scooped them up. Seen here the second MAX in Qatar Airways fleet while taxiing to runway 34L to depart to Kuwait (KWI) as flight QR1070

Photographer

Aircraft

Ishaan Wadhwa A7-BSE

4,378 7 0 Boeing 737-8 MAX

Photo location

Air Arabia’s A6-ATB is seen here moments after stopping at gate A8 following its arrival from Sharjah (SHJ) as flight G981

Abdurahman N. A6-ATB

156 0 0 Airbus A321-251NX

“Selamta”, Ethiopian’s star alliance A350 is seen here after parking at gate B4 following its arrival from Addis Ababa (ADD) as flight ET432

Abdurahman N. ET-AYN

370 3 0 Airbus A350-941

In a rare visit for the airline to Doha, “Bodrum” is seen here while turning to gate B2 after completing a charter flight from Erzurum (ERZ) as flight VF5890

Abdurahman N. TC-JGU

330 3 0 Boeing 737-8F2

Photographer

Air Arabia’s A6-ATB is seen here moments after stopping at gate A8 following its arrival from Sharjah (SHJ) as flight G981

Abdurahman N. A6-ATB

158 0 0 Airbus A321-251NX

“Selamta”, Ethiopian’s star alliance A350 is seen here after parking at gate B4 following its arrival from Addis Ababa (ADD) as flight ET432

Abdurahman N. ET-AYN

374 3 0 Airbus A350-941

In a rare visit for the airline to Doha, “Bodrum” is seen here while turning to gate B2 after completing a charter flight from Erzurum (ERZ) as flight VF5890

Abdurahman N. TC-JGU

332 3 0 Boeing 737-8F2