Qatar: Qatar Airways' chief executive Akbar Al Baker has said he hopes to conclude an order with Bombardier for the CSeries in the near future, Flightglobal.com has reported. "CSeries is an aircraft of great interest to us," he said. "We hope that in the not too distant future we will be sitting down with Bombardier and concluding a deal." The Doha-based carrier was expected to sign to become the CSeries launch operator two years ago, but Al Baker's concerns about the maintenance costs of the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engines delayed a final decision. [AMEInfo.com]
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