Qatar Air CEO Prefers Boeing 777-9X as Airbus Trumps Smaller Jet
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Qatar Airways Ltd. may become a launch customer for the Boeing Co. 777-9X while eschewing a smaller version in favor of a plane from Airbus SAS.
“I am more interested in the -9 for one very simply reason and that is that it will perform better than what they say,” Akbar Al Baker, chief executive officer of the Doha-based carrier said. Boeing still needs to provide more information before Qatar will sign on, he said.