Qatar Airways signed a multibillion-dollar handle American aerospace huge Boeing on Wednesday, acquiring approximately 160 airplane in an event gone to by United States President Donald Trump and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
The contract, signed throughout Trump’s check out to Doha, is apparently worth over $200 billion, though information about the particular airplane designs and the nature of the orders stay uncertain.
Speaking at the occasion, Trump hailed the finalizing as a historical minute for American market. “It’s over $200 billion however 160 in regards to the jets, that’s great. So that’s a record, Kelly, and congratulations to Boeing. Get those aircrafts out there,” he stated, referencing Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, who signed the offer together with Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer.
Trump kept in mind Ortberg had actually informed him the offer represents “the biggest order of jets in the history of Boeing.” Neither Boeing nor Qatar Airways right away discussed the specifics.
The finalizing comes as part of Trump’s wider trip of Gulf states, following a string of industrial and defense contracts sealed in Saudi Arabia a day previously.