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Qatar Airways seeks damages from Boeing
State-owned Qatar Airways is in talks to revise delivery of Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner jet and is seeking compensation after the manufacturer's latest delay affected the airline's expansion.
- Reuters
- Published: 23:41 January 11, 2009
- Qatar Airways had booked for 30 787 Dreamliners. But Boeing has pushed the schedules further back now.
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Dubai: State-owned Qatar Airways is in talks to revise delivery of Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner jet and is seeking compensation after the manufacturer's latest delay affected the airline's expansion.
Ali Al Rais, the airline's executive vice-president, commercial, said no new delivery deadline has been set yet. "They already know they have been at fault," he told reporters in Dubai. "They know that the standard clause will kick in."
Qatar Airways, which has a fleet of more than 60 planes and has been expanding rapidly, has about 200 planes on order including 30 787 Dreamliners.
Boeing pushed back the schedule for its troubled 787 Dreamliner for the fourth time last December, making its new plane almost two years late.
Qatar had originally expected a 12-month delay, but as of yet no new schedule was set.
"We have not banked totally on the 787 and do have an agreement with Airbus ... We will not be hassling our supplier, there is compensation and we are discussing the schedule."
Al Rais declined to say how much the airline would receive in compensation.
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