According to article in USAtoday...
The 787 'mystery buyer' is unmasked, paper says
Qatar Airways is the so-called "mystery buyer" of 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says it has learned. The paper writes that Boeing first "posted the order on its Web site two weeks ago, but did not identify the customer. An announcement of the Qatar 787 order is expected to be made at the Paris Air Show in June, according to several sources familiar with the deal. Qatar also is the key launch customer for the competing Airbus A350 XWB (extra wide body). The fact that it is going to order the Dreamliner might be viewed by some as a surprise, but it's not the first time the airline has ordered both Boeing and Airbus jets," the Post-Intelligencer adds. Just yesterday, a report in a British paper spurred speculation that the mystery buyer may be US Airways.
That Post-Intelligencer's report comes as Qatar Airways appears to be making a push to broaden its international presence -- perhaps an effort to help it emerge from the shadow cast by fast-growing Middle East competitor Emirates. The Gulf Times writes that the carrier will launch an effort “promote its new U.S. routes to New York and Washington, D.C.," at an upcoming Middle East travel convention in May. Qatar is scheduled to begin flights from the Qatari capital of Doha to New York on June 28 and to Washington on July 19.
The 787 'mystery buyer' is unmasked, paper says
Qatar Airways is the so-called "mystery buyer" of 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says it has learned. The paper writes that Boeing first "posted the order on its Web site two weeks ago, but did not identify the customer. An announcement of the Qatar 787 order is expected to be made at the Paris Air Show in June, according to several sources familiar with the deal. Qatar also is the key launch customer for the competing Airbus A350 XWB (extra wide body). The fact that it is going to order the Dreamliner might be viewed by some as a surprise, but it's not the first time the airline has ordered both Boeing and Airbus jets," the Post-Intelligencer adds. Just yesterday, a report in a British paper spurred speculation that the mystery buyer may be US Airways.
That Post-Intelligencer's report comes as Qatar Airways appears to be making a push to broaden its international presence -- perhaps an effort to help it emerge from the shadow cast by fast-growing Middle East competitor Emirates. The Gulf Times writes that the carrier will launch an effort “promote its new U.S. routes to New York and Washington, D.C.," at an upcoming Middle East travel convention in May. Qatar is scheduled to begin flights from the Qatari capital of Doha to New York on June 28 and to Washington on July 19.
