Boeing secures ‘largest-ever’ order from Qatar during Trump visit
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Boeing has secured a deal with Qatar for up to 210 jets in what the White House is calling the aircraft makers’s “largest-ever” widebody order worth $96 billion dollars.
Boeing has secured a deal with Qatar for up to 210 jets in what the White House is calling the aircraft maker’s “largest-ever” widebody order, worth $96 billion dollars. The order comes as the Gulf state’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, dismissed controversy surrounding US President Donald Trump’s plan to accept a Boeing 747-8 to be used, at least initially, as Air Force One, telling CNN’s Becky Anderson on Wednesday that it’s simply a “government-to-government transaction,” not a personal gift to Trump. The potential transfer of the jet, which Trump has said would be donated to his library after he leaves office, has been criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike, with some of Trump’s own supporters pointing to the appearance that Qatar is influence peddling. Trump was in Doha on Wednesday, where economic deals totalling more than $243 billion between the United States and Qatar were announced, including the “historic” sale of Boeing aircraft and GE Aerospace engines to Qatar Airways. In a statement unveiling the deal, the White House called Trump the “dealmaker in chief,” in a nod to his desire to be seen as the ultimate salesman and and diplomat on the world stage. Boeing said in a separate statement that the order was for 130 of the company’s 787 Dreamliner jets — a widebody twin-engine — and 30 of its 777-9s, which is larger than the 787. There are options for an additional 50 Dreamliners and 777X.
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