Qatar Airways backs Boeing despite MAX crash crisis
Qatar Airways threw its support behind Boeing Monday as the planemaker faces its biggest crisis in years after 2 deadly crashes of its flagship 737 MAX jet. “As far as I am concerned, I have full confidence in Boeing and their ability to resolve any technical issue,” Qatar Airways CE Akbar al-Baker said. Qatar Airways is a major Boeing customer. It has ordered 20 MAX jets and committed to buying a further 40. It has taken delivery of 5 of the aircraft. Baker has a reputation for heavily criticising aircraft manufacturers. It ordered the MAX jets after a dispute with Airbus over an order for their similar sized A320neo aircraft. The airline will delay the April delivery of a single MAX jet until the cause of the crash is known, Baker said. Qatar Airways will attend a Boeing briefing this week on software and training updates for the MAX, Baker said. <br/>
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Qatar Airways backs Boeing despite MAX crash crisis
Qatar Airways threw its support behind Boeing Monday as the planemaker faces its biggest crisis in years after 2 deadly crashes of its flagship 737 MAX jet. “As far as I am concerned, I have full confidence in Boeing and their ability to resolve any technical issue,” Qatar Airways CE Akbar al-Baker said. Qatar Airways is a major Boeing customer. It has ordered 20 MAX jets and committed to buying a further 40. It has taken delivery of 5 of the aircraft. Baker has a reputation for heavily criticising aircraft manufacturers. It ordered the MAX jets after a dispute with Airbus over an order for their similar sized A320neo aircraft. The airline will delay the April delivery of a single MAX jet until the cause of the crash is known, Baker said. Qatar Airways will attend a Boeing briefing this week on software and training updates for the MAX, Baker said. <br/>
