Akbar Al-Baker

By Abid Ali in Middle East on December 18th, 2010

Qatar Airways board is discussing the possibility of ordering more A380 Airbus superjumbo planes, the airlines chief executive Akbar al-Baker told Al Jazeera.

The airline has five 555-seat double-decker planes on order and expects to order more, al-Baker said. He would not say how many the airline would order except that he was willing to consider Rolls Royce engines despite a recent blowout on a Qantas A380 jet.

Al-Baker was opening the new temporary arrivals terminal at Doha International airport on Saturday.