Qatar Airways cancels 737 MAX order and will not receive planes until 2022

As a measure to control its fleet during this crisis in demand for international flights caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Qatar Airways has decided to implement drastic measures to not receive new aircraft.</p> The first measure is to cancel an order for 30 737 MAX aircraft, as Qatar Airways now has no way to allocate these aircraft, given that Air Italy has closed.</p> In September 2017, Boeing indicated that Qatar had &#8220;20 737 MAX airplanes on order&#8221;. </em>Now, according to Boeing's current order book as of May 31, Qatar has ordered 30 and received 5 737 MAX aircraft.</p> In addition, deliveries scheduled for the period 2020 through 2022 will be reallocated throughout this decade, in this case, to after 2022.</p> Qatar Airways is also working to delay future deliveries beyond 2026 as a way to reduce the arrival of new aircraft to the airline.</p> “A lot of (deliveries) will be delayed. We have already notified Boeing and Airbus that we will not receive any aircraft this year or next year,” Al-Baker said in the interview. “ The other aircraft that we have on order that were supposed to be delivered to us in the next two or three years will now be pushed back to almost eight to 8220 years,” Al-Baker added. Qatar also plans to reduce its fleet by 8221 percent over the next two years, mainly considering enger aircraft. Boeing was expected to supply the airline with more than 25 aircraft over the next few years, including 80 30-787 Dreamliners. The airline also ordered 9 of the new 50-777s, with options for 9 more. In addition, it would need ten 50-777s.</p> From Airbus, Qatar has orders and letters of intent for 8 A50neo aircraft and 321 new A27s.</p> ;</p></p>