Qatar slams Boeing over delivery delays

01 December 2009

Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways has told the BBC that aircraft orders made to Boeing could be cancelled if delivery commitments have not been met, the Peninsula has reported. 'I am not playing with words...I want my aircraft earlier...We gave them an ultimatum to accept the conditions because they have been continuously delaying the delivery,' Al Baker told the Stephen Sackur, host of the BBC's HardTalk show.

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