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Boeing, Qatar Seal 777-9X Deal
Flanked by Qatar Airways flight attendants, airline CEO Akbar Al Baker, left, has endorsed Boeing’s 777-9X program, to the pleasure of Boeing CEO Ray Conner.
Flanked by Qatar Airways flight attendants, airline CEO Akbar Al Baker, left, has endorsed Boeing’s 777-9X program, to the pleasure of Boeing CEO Ray Conner.

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker officially endorsed the Boeing 777-9X yesterday here in Farnborough by converting the 50-airplane memorandum of understanding announced at the Dubai Air Show last year to a firm order. A separate agreement to take purchase rights for another fifty 777-9Xs could increase the value Qatar’s investment from $18.9 billion to $37.7 billion at list prices. Finally, Al Baker also announced his intention to order four 777 Freighters and place options on another four.