The deal includes 130 Boeing 787s and 30 777-9s, plus options for an additional 50 787 and 777X aircraft, the airline said. It marks Boeing’s largest-ever order for widebodies from a single operator and also represents Qatar Airways’ largest aircraft order in company history.
The carrier said its order represented a critical next step for the future.
“After two consecutive years of record-breaking commercial performance and with this historic Boeing aircraft order we’re not simply chasing scale, we’re building strength that will allow us to continue to deliver our unmatched products and customer experiences,” said Qatar Airways Group CEO Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer.
Qatar has a fleet of 231 aircraft, including eight in storage, the Aviation Week Network Fleet Discovery database shows. The fleet includes 64 777s and 53 787s.
Its latest purchase will make Qatar Airways the largest operator of 787s in the Middle East. Among its 787 orders were 10 previously booked as unidentified, Boeing noted.
“Our team is looking forward to building 787s and 777s for Qatar Airways into the next decade,” said Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stephanie Pope.
The deal includes 260 GE Aerospace GEnx engines and 60 GE9X engines to power the 787s and 777-9s, respectively, plus spare engines for both fleet types. Also included are service agreements to cover all engine maintenance, GE said.
“We are extremely honored to deepen our relationship with Qatar Airways and grateful to them for placing their trust in us with our largest ever widebody engine deal,” said GE Aerospace Chairman and CEO Larry Culp. “We appreciate President Trump’s support for this historic agreement.”
The order came as the White House announced an agreement with Qatar to generate an economic exchange it valued at approximately $1.2 trillion. It valued the Qatar agreement for GE-powered Boeing aircraft at $96 billion.
Reports of a large widebody order by the Doha-based, government-owned airline surfaced earlier this year as the carrier eyed its long-term growth plans. An RFP was issued in Spring 2024.
In advance of President Trump’s visit to the region, Al-Meer told Aviation Week that an order would be announced “hopefully soon.”
Qatar Airways’ fleet mix is nearly an even split between Airbus and Boeing, with the U.S. manufacturer holding a slight edge, 119-112. The carrier also has 93 Boeing aircraft—not including the latest deal—and 68 Airbus aircraft on firm order.
The deal is a boost to Boeing’s 777X program, which is slowly moving towards certification and projected first deliveries in 2026. Qatar’s firm-order commitments boost the 777X backlog to 551 aircraft, including 124 ordered by the carrier. Qatar’s commitment trails only Emirates Airline’s 205-aircraft firm-order position.

Qatar’s new 787 order pushes Boeing’s undelivered backlog to 948. The carrier went from having no 787s on order to having the most of any carrier, just ahead of United Airlines’ 124.
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