Qatar Airways says not hopeful will get all A350s this year
Qatar Airways said it was not hopeful it would get all 12 A350 planes it is supposed to receive this year from Airbus after supply chain problems hit deliveries of the wide-body jet. “That’s why we ordered Boeing, which we will start getting next year, to fill the gap with the Airbus deliveries,” CE Akbar Al Baker said, referring to an order placed earlier this month for up to 100 Boeing jets. Qatar Airways has received 4 of the jets so far. The plane maker said Wednesday it was “working towards” meeting its target of more than 50 A350 deliveries in 2016. Al Baker also said he would continue to keep exercising cancellation clauses on deliveries of A320neo jets after engine problems. Pratt & Whitney has started shipping engines with modifications, but Al Baker said he wanted to see the engines in operation for a year or two first. <br/>
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Qatar Airways says not hopeful will get all A350s this year
Qatar Airways said it was not hopeful it would get all 12 A350 planes it is supposed to receive this year from Airbus after supply chain problems hit deliveries of the wide-body jet. “That’s why we ordered Boeing, which we will start getting next year, to fill the gap with the Airbus deliveries,” CE Akbar Al Baker said, referring to an order placed earlier this month for up to 100 Boeing jets. Qatar Airways has received 4 of the jets so far. The plane maker said Wednesday it was “working towards” meeting its target of more than 50 A350 deliveries in 2016. Al Baker also said he would continue to keep exercising cancellation clauses on deliveries of A320neo jets after engine problems. Pratt & Whitney has started shipping engines with modifications, but Al Baker said he wanted to see the engines in operation for a year or two first. <br/>
